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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Charlie and Eli conclude about Henry Morris's character?
(a) That he was a genius.
(b) That he was an honorable man, even though he had abandoned his post with the Commodore.
(c) That he was insane.
(d) That he was a criminal.

2. What did the stable hand use to perform the surgery Tub needed?
(a) A spade.
(b) A scalpel.
(c) A needle.
(d) A spoon.

3. What did Charlie and Eli ask the prospector near Warm's claim?
(a) They asked him if they could borrow a horse.
(b) They asked him if he had seen the River of Light.
(c) They asked him how much gold he had found.
(d) They asked him if they had seen two men fitting Morris and Warm's description.

4. What was it that gave away Warm and Morris's position to the Sisters Brothers at first?
(a) Warm was singing.
(b) Warm let off a shot from his pistol by mistake.
(c) A beaver tried to get into a barrel of formula, and either Warm or Morris threw a rock to shoo it away.
(d) Morris was whistling.

5. What did Charlie suggest giving to Tub before Eli washed his wound out with alcohol?
(a) Apples.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Oats.
(d) Some of the numbing medication he had stolen from the dentist.

6. What did Charlie and Eli discuss openly for the first time together on the way to Sacramento?
(a) Killing the Commodore.
(b) Parting ways.
(c) Selling drugs.
(d) Opening a shop together.

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

8. What did Eli say to Warm to try to dissuade him from shooting him and Charlie?
(a) Eli proposed that they go back to the Commodore and try to negotiate a truce.
(b) Eli proposed that they travel back to town and sell Warm's formula.
(c) Eli proposed that Warm let he and Charlie go so they could kill the Commodore.
(d) Eli proposed that Warm let Eli and Charlie work with Warm and Morris collecting the gold from the illuminated river.

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

10. What did Charlie tell Eli about riding Tub after Tub's surgery?
(a) Eli should kill Tub.
(b) It was too soon to ride Tub.
(c) Eli should get a new horse.
(d) Eli should push Tub harder so he would go faster.

11. What is the name of the very expensive restaurant where Eli and Charlie ate in San Francisco?
(a) The Bleeding Horse.
(b) The Pig-King.
(c) The Golden Pearl.
(d) The Mermaid.

12. What did Charlie tell Eli the Commodore had instructed him to do before killing Warm?
(a) Kill Eli.
(b) Get the formula by whatever means necessary.
(c) Blind Warm.
(d) Kill Morris.

13. What did Eli shout at Charlie about as they mounted their horses and left San Francisco for Sacramento?
(a) Eli shouted at Charlie about Hermann Warm.
(b) Eli shouted at Charlie about the Job.
(c) Eli shouted at Charlie about Henry Morris.
(d) Eli shouted at Charlie about his horse, Tub.

14. How did Charlie and Eli often come about their truces?
(a) Through reminiscing about old times.
(b) Through reasonable, logical discussions.
(c) Through exchanging money.
(d) Through fist-fighting.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Charlie tell Eli would happen if they killed the Commodore?

2. What was the phrase that Morris used to describe the effects of Warm's formula?

3. What did the prospector tell Charlie and Eli about the camp of men they would pass on their way to Warm's claim?

4. What was Charlie's habit prior to the completion of an assignment from the Commodore?

5. What did the brothers pass on the way out of San Francisco?

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