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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (pages 217 - 276).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Eli got back to where they had left Tub in Part IV, what had become of his horse?
(a) Tub had been shot by a passerby.
(b) Tub had been stolen by a passerby.
(c) Tub had found the strength to get up and flee.
(d) Tub had fallen down a steep hill and died.

2. What did Eli conclude and comment on to Charlie about the prospectors they had met on their journey?
(a) That the prospectors were all alcoholics.
(b) The solitude of working in the wild is not healthy for men.
(c) That the prospectors were all especially tough and hardy.
(d) The the prospectors did not have much longer to live.

3. What type of animal became seasick on the ferry voyage?
(a) The chickens.
(b) The horses.
(c) The pigs.
(d) The cows.

4. Where did the Sisters brothers leave the gold they had stolen from Mayfield?
(a) In Mayfield's safe.
(b) Underneath a potbellied stove in the corner of the Mayfield hotel.
(c) In a safe deposit box at the local bank.
(d) In the pale bookkeeper's bedroom.

5. What did the pale bookkeeper give Eli to remember her by?
(a) A diamond earring.
(b) A length of blue silk.
(c) A brooch.
(d) A white handkerchief.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the stable hand tell Eli and Charlie would be best for Tub after the surgery?

2. What did Eli say to Warm to try to dissuade him from shooting him and Charlie?

3. Why did Eli and Charlie have to leave Tub behind as they approached Warm's claim?

4. Why did Warm tell Morris he wanted Morris to go into business with him?

5. What color beard did the hotel manager say the man Morris left with have?

(see the answer key)

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