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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 did the Sisters brothers tell Warm about how they learned about his formula?
(a) They told him they learned the facts from Morris and from Morris's journal.
(b) They told him the townspeople had told them.
(c) They told him they had read about his formula in the newspaper.
(d) They told him the prospectors down the river had told them.

2. What did the brothers find in Morris's hotel room?
(a) Perfumes and waxes, but no luggage and no sign of Morris.
(b) An impostor.
(c) Clothes and money strewn about.
(d) A dead body.

3. What was Charlie's habit prior to the completion of an assignment from the Commodore?
(a) Brushing his horse.
(b) Picking a fight with Eli.
(c) Wearing a tie.
(d) Polishing his pistol handles.

4. What was the first prospector the brothers met in San Francisco carrying under his arm?
(a) A chicken.
(b) An umbrella.
(c) A briefcase.
(d) A bridle.

5. How did Warm catch Eli and Charlie off-guard as they approached Warm and Morris's camp at Warm's claim?
(a) Warm had shot one of the brothers as soon as he saw him.
(b) Warm had friends who surrounded Eli and Charlie.
(c) Warm had positioned himself on a tree branch and pointed his gun at the brothers.
(d) Warm had rigged up a trap to trip Eli and Charlie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Charlie and Morris do together on the morning after the Sisters brothers struck their deal with Morris and Warm?

2. What did Charlie and Eli conclude about Henry Morris's character?

3. What upset the stable hand so much when he and Eli tranquilized Tub?

4. What did Eli compare killing Warm and Morris to?

5. What was the name of the ferry Charlie and Eli boarded after leaving San Francisco?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Eli and Charlie escape from Warm even though he had his gun pointed at them?

2. What gave away Morris and Warm's position when Eli and Charlie went back to their camp?

3. What did the hotel manager tell the Sisters brothers Henry Morris had left behind, and why were they so desperate to get their hands on it?

4. When Eli and Charlie were discussing how they would carry out the job on Warm, what did Eli say that surprised Charlie?

5. What did Eli tell Charlie about their work together at their fancy dinner at The Golden Pearl in San Francisco?

6. What did the Sisters brothers learn from reading Morris's journal?

7. What possible option did Charlie and Eli discuss that did not involve killing Warm and Morris?

8. What did the stable hand in San Francisco tell Eli had to be done to Tub?

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

10. Why were there so many abandoned boats in the harbor at San Francisco?

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