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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did July forget in Ogallala?
(a) The mail
(b) Supplies for Clara
(c) His new clothes
(d) Elmira

2. Who finds Gus?
(a) Custer
(b) Call
(c) Hugh
(d) Deets

3. Who stops Call from beating the soldier to death?
(a) Newt
(b) DIxon
(c) Dish
(d) Gus

4. How far does Call travel to find water in Wyoming?
(a) Eighty miles
(b) Fifteen miles
(c) One hundred miles
(d) Twenty miles

5. What does Gus try to get out of his leg?
(a) An arrow
(b) A knife
(c) A bullet
(d) A porcupine quill

6. Who is Gus surprised to see at Clara's?
(a) Bob
(b) Cholo
(c) July
(d) Sally

7. What does Clara answer when July first proposes marriage to her?
(a) She falls into his arms and cries.
(b) She asks if she's put enough cinnamon in a recipe.
(c) She says to ask again in a year.
(d) She says yes.

8. Where does Dish plan to go after they finish the ranch building?
(a) Denver
(b) Chicago
(c) Nebraska
(d) Lonesome Dove

9. Who waits loyally for Elmira to regain consciousness?
(a) Big Zwey
(b) Luke
(c) July
(d) Dee Boot

10. Where does July finally see people after so many days?
(a) Clara's ranch
(b) The Hat Creek cattle drive
(c) Ogallala
(d) The Republican River

11. Where is Blue Duck?
(a) Santa Fe
(b) Santa Rosa
(c) San Antonio
(d) Denver

12. What happens to Elmira the night she stays with Clara?
(a) She dies.
(b) She gives in to Luke.
(c) She delivers her baby.
(d) She sleeps soundly.

13. Who does Gus ask to watch Lorena while he goes to Wilbarger?
(a) Newt
(b) Pea Eye
(c) Soupy
(d) Dish

14. Who decides to stay with the herd, even though he has the opportunity to go with the other men?
(a) Dish
(b) Newt
(c) Soupy
(d) Jake

15. What river does the herd finally find after the sandstorm?
(a) Yellowstone
(b) Colorado
(c) Powder River
(d) Salt Creek

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Newt and the boys to get drunk before seeing the prostitutes?

2. How does Blue Duck die?

3. Why does Call go into Denver?

4. What do the boys do differently to cross the Canadian?

5. What happened to Po Campo's sons?

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