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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is Glenn recovering in the hospital in Chapter Nine?
(a) Houston.
(b) San Antonio.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Dallas.

3. What are the names of Peter’s two sons?
(a) Richard and Steven.
(b) Walter and Paul.
(c) Glenn and Clint.
(d) James and Bob.

4. What creature does Toshaway describe as being associated with the trickster spirit in Indian belief in Chapter Four?
(a) The raven.
(b) The fox.
(c) The coyote.
(d) The turtle.

5. How is Eli McCullough related to Jeanne McCullough?
(a) Eli is Jeanne's great-uncle.
(b) Eli is Jeanne’s great-grandfather.
(c) Eli is Jeanne's father.
(d) Eli is Jeanne's grandfather.

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

7. How many horses does Eli’s tribe take from the Mexican village that they raid in Chapter Twenty-two?
(a) 100.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 500.

8. What year is described by Jeanne in Chapter Twenty?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1911.

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

10. What is the German captive called among the Comanches of Eli’s tribe?
(a) Hates Work.
(b) Desert Flower.
(c) Yellow Hair.
(d) Talks Softly.

11. Who is the narrator of Chapter One?
(a) Jeanne McCullough.
(b) Eli McCullough.
(c) Peter McCullough.
(d) Jonas McCullough.

12. How did Jeanne’s mother die?
(a) She was shot.
(b) She died in childbirth.
(c) She died from AIDS.
(d) She died in a car accident.

13. What is the date of Peter’s first diary entry in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) June 25, 1917.
(b) March 2, 1836.
(c) April 6, 1917.
(d) September 4, 1915.

14. How old is Jeanne in the flashback where the Colonel is ninety-eight in Chapter Five?
(a) Three.
(b) Eight.
(c) Six.
(d) Twelve.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Indian that Eli kills in Chapter Thirteen is from what tribe?

2. What does Eli describe as “the largest and wealthiest of all the Comanche bands” in Chapter Nineteen?

3. What is the name of Jeanne McCullough’s daughter?

4. Who is described in Chapter Eighteen as “a younger version of the Colonel, the pinnacle of manly attainment”?

5. Chapter Four begins in the spring of what year?

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