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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the sheriff’s name that visits to talk with the Colonel after the disappearance of the Blounts in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Sheriff Van Zandt.
(b) Sheriff Anderson.
(c) Sheriff Batista.
(d) Sheriff Whipple.

2. What is the name of the Indian that owns Martin after the raid in Chapter Four?
(a) Kotoseka.
(b) Yellow Hair.
(c) Urwat.
(d) Tiehteti.

3. How many people from the tribe go with Toshaway in July for the largest raid the band has ever led in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) 50.
(b) 200.
(c) 300.
(d) 100.

4. How is Peter McCullough related to Jeanne McCullough?
(a) Peter is Jeanne's great-grandfather.
(b) Peter is Jeanne’s grandfather.
(c) Peter is Jeanne's cousin.
(d) Peter is Jeanne's father.

5. About how long has Eli been a captive of the Indians in Chapter Thirteen?
(a) Two years.
(b) Two months.
(c) One year.
(d) Three months.

6. What is the name of Prairie Flower’s sister in the novel?
(a) Hates Work.
(b) Charges the Enemy.
(c) Daisy.
(d) Walks Softly.

7. Who has been shot (presumably by the Garcias) in Chapter Six?
(a) Phineas.
(b) Jonas.
(c) Clint.
(d) Glenn.

8. What year is it when William Blount and his sons disappear from their farm near the McCullough ranch?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1865.

9. In what year did the Colonel die, according to Jeanne in Chapter Seventeen?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1911.

10. From what band is the Indian that Martin claims owns Eli in Chapter Four?
(a) Lipan.
(b) Kotoseka.
(c) Vaquero.
(d) Klamath.

11. How many .30-caliber rounds does the Lewis gun fire per second that Eli’s family orders in Chapter Twenty-one?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 30.

12. When is Chapter Twenty-two set?
(a) Spring of 1945.
(b) Spring of 1851.
(c) Fall of 1851.
(d) Summer of 1945.

13. Who calls Jeanne to Austin to visit him in Chapter Twenty?
(a) Owen Wister.
(b) Phineas.
(c) Jonas.
(d) Eli.

14. What year is described by Eli in Chapter Thirteen?
(a) 1859.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1911.

15. How old is Jeanne McCullough as she lay on the floor of her home in Chapter Two?
(a) 77.
(b) 86.
(c) 69.
(d) 91.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Sixteen, Eli says that the Comanches own all the territory between Mexico and where during the time that Eli is with them?

2. Where is Glenn recovering in the hospital in Chapter Nine?

3. How old is Peter in the diary entry from Chapter Three?

4. Peter compares himself to what figure from Greek mythology in Chapter Eighteen?

5. Who does Eli blame for the spread of smallpox and cholera in Chapter Nineteen?

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