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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Eli do with the money he got from Mayfield for the pelt?
(a) Gambled it away.
(b) Donated it to a charity.
(c) Spent it on brandy.
(d) Secretly gave it to the pale bookkeeper.

2. Who won the duel?
(a) Reynolds.
(b) Stamm.
(c) Smith.
(d) Williams.

3. What did Charlie say would likely become of Tub when Eli sold him?
(a) He would become a pet for a child.
(b) Stew meat.
(c) He would work transporting medicine for a doctor.
(d) A farmer would buy him.

4. Who was the Commodore's scout who has gone ahead of Charlie and Eli to San Francisco on the Hermann Warm job?
(a) Harry Jacobs.
(b) Henry Morris.
(c) John Reynolds.
(d) John Smith.

5. What did the Sisters brothers do for a living?
(a) They were soldiers.
(b) They were prospectors.
(c) They were barmen.
(d) The were assassins for the Commodore.

6. What did Eli leave with the prostitute to give to the pale bookkeeper for him?
(a) A secret code.
(b) Precious gems.
(c) $100.
(d) The blue silk scarf.

7. What happened when the boy began to ride with the Sisters brothers in Part II?
(a) He fell behind immediately.
(b) His horse died.
(c) He fell off his horse.
(d) He got shot at by prospectors.

8. How much money did the Sisters brothers let Mayfield keep out of Mayfield's own fortune?
(a) $2,000.
(b) $100.
(c) $500.
(d) $1,000.

9. How did Charlie and Eli think the Indian in Part II had died?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Gunshot wound.
(c) Beating.
(d) Organ failure.

10. Who did the Sisters brothers think the old woman at the shack was?
(a) A landowner.
(b) A witch or a gypsy.
(c) Their mother.
(d) A thief.

11. How did Eli alter his dinner order in the restaurant in Jacksonville?
(a) He asked for something higher in fat.
(b) He asked for a smaller portion with more vegetables.
(c) He asked for more meat.
(d) He asked for more eggs.

12. Why did Charlie say he told Eli the bad news about the inn keeper?
(a) Charlie did not want Eli to starve himself in vain.
(b) Charlie did not want Eli to give money to unworthy people.
(c) Charlie wanted to hurt Eli's feelings.
(d) Charlie hated Eli.

13. What city was the Commodore's mansion in?
(a) Sacramento.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Oregon City.
(d) New York City.

14. What did the old woman at the shack leave behind when she disappeared during the night?
(a) A pot of tea.
(b) A bag of gold.
(c) A horse.
(d) A string of beads across the threshold the brothers take as a sign of a curse.

15. What had happened to make the boy with the wagons fall on hard times?
(a) His father had died, leaving him alone.
(b) One of the men he had been traveling with stole all their money and fled.
(c) He had lost a foot in an accident.
(d) He had contracted typhus and was dying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the boy's horse in Part II?

2. Who did the prospector say was willing to pay for special pelt of a specific animal?

3. What did Eli leave for the inn keeper that Charlie objected to?

4. What was the name of the bar Charlie and Eli frequented in their home city?

5. What did Charlie tell the boy with the wagons they had done to his father?

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