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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What illness is sweeping the town where the brothel resides for the winter?
(a) Typhoid fever.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Yellow fever.
(d) Dysentery.

2. What religion does James follow?
(a) Quakerism.
(b) Mormonism.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Buddhism.

3. Why are Rose and John unable to track Mama Fresia?
(a) She leaves them a fake note.
(b) She changes her name.
(c) They think she is dead.
(d) They don't know her last name.

4. What must Eliza amputate from a man with gangrene?
(a) Toes.
(b) Arm.
(c) Foot.
(d) Fingers.

5. What is Eliza's role when she joins the traveling brothel?
(a) Piano player.
(b) Translator.
(c) Healer.
(d) Prostitute.

6. What does Jacob change his last name to?
(a) Benton.
(b) Towers.
(c) Freemont.
(d) Sommers.

7. What name does Eliza go by as a boy?
(a) Elias.
(b) Eli.
(c) Elijah.
(d) Elliot.

8. What year is it when "Joaquin" begins?
(a) 1852.
(b) 1847.
(c) 1862.
(d) 1857.

9. Who bumps into Jacob during dinner?
(a) Joaquin.
(b) Eliza.
(c) John.
(d) Tao Chi'en.

10. How long is Eliza on the boat?
(a) Four months.
(b) One month.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two months.

11. What is the last name of the Joaquin that Eliza hears about?
(a) Hernandez.
(b) Murieta.
(c) Garza.
(d) Serrano.

12. Who sends word back to Rose that Eliza may still be alive?
(a) John.
(b) Tao Chi'en.
(c) Joaquin.
(d) Jacob.

13. What does James do for a living?
(a) Blacksmith.
(b) Cobbler.
(c) Preacher.
(d) Locksmith.

14. What does Eliza sell to make money when she arrives in California?
(a) Empanadas.
(b) Her jewelry.
(c) Herbs.
(d) Eggs.

15. Who says: "People come out west to escape the past and begin anew, but our obsessions pursue us, like the wind"?
(a) Eliza.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Tao Chi'en.
(d) Joaquin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eliza bring for James and Esther at the end of "Singsong Girls"?

2. What color is the scarf Tao Chi'en's wife is wearing when she meets him?

3. On what day does Rose always become ill?

4. What is the first thing Tao Chi'en needs to do to establish himself?

5. When Tao Chi'en and Eliza arrive in California, what does he suggest she look for?

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