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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eli and the inn keeper do together when he went into her room?

2. What was the matter with the boy's horse in Part II?

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

4. What did the Sisters brothers do for a living?

5. What did Charlie tell Eli that upset him about the inn keeper he liked?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Eli feel looking at the dead prospector who had been poking him in his injured leg?

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

5. What did Eli realize about how Charlie felt about killing the men whose tools he took to widen the window?

6. What caused the injury to Eli's foot that he suffered early in the brothers' journey to California?

7. Why did Eli ask the waiter in the restaurant in Jacksonville to cut down his meal portion and bring him more vegetables?

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

9. Why did Eli tell Charlie he had dreams about becoming a shop keeper someday?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the imagery in the first section, "Trouble With the Horses," set the tone for the rest of the book, especially the description of Eli's and Charlie's horses? Write an essay analyzing the imagery in the first three chapters, pages 5 - 15, using specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

How is Eli's reaction to his horse Tub's loss of an eye and his brother Charlie's loss of a hand similar? What do his reactions to both of these tragedies reveal about Eli's attitudes and character traits?

Essay Topic 3

How does the Sisters Brothers' episode at Mayfield's - killing the trappers and stealing Mayfield's fortune after being falsely accused of stealing - highlight the strength of their bond despite all their differences?

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