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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the lawyer in the duel that Charlie and Eli watched?
(a) Williams.
(b) Robinson.
(c) Smith.
(d) Stamm.

2. What flavor of pie was Eli's favorite?
(a) Apple.
(b) Cherry.
(c) Rhubarb.
(d) Blueberry.

3. What did Charlie do to the prospector who would not stop jabbing Eli in the leg with his rifle?
(a) He tied him up and tortured him.
(b) He beat him badly.
(c) He drowned him.
(d) He killed him by shooting him in the head.

4. 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 contracted typhus and was dying.
(d) He had lost a foot in an accident.

5. What did Eli leave for the inn keeper that Charlie objected to?
(a) A gold watch.
(b) A five dollar piece.
(c) One hundred dollars.
(d) A pearl necklace.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Charlie get the tools he needed to cut a wider opening in the window of the shack?

2. What did the old woman at the shack leave behind when she disappeared during the night?

3. What position was Charlie to take on the Hermann Kermit Warm job?

4. What did the inn keeper tell Eli that hurt his feelings?

5. Who threatened the Sisters brothers at Mayfield's hotel, and framed them for stealing the pelt?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the trouble with the horses Eli references in the first chapter?

2. Why did Charlie ask Eli to have a chat with the boy before they set off on their journey again?

3. Who did Eli meet at Mayfield's hotel who helped him and warned him of the danger about to befall he and Charlie?

4. How did Eli come upon a horse that was free for the taking?

5. What did Charlie's treatment of the boy who as with the three wagons reveal about his character?

6. What did the boy with the wagons tell the Sisters Brothers about how he came to be alone?

7. Why were the Sisters brothers unsettled by the old woman in the cabin early on in their journey?

8. Why was Charlie so often sick and unable to travel?

9. How did Eli treat the boy once he had surprisingly caught up with him and Charlie?

10. Why did Eli eventually have to cross the threshold of the old cabin even though he was afraid of the old woman's curse?

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