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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is no effort made to revive Tao Chi'en's dead baby?
(a) The baby is a boy.
(b) The baby is deformed.
(c) The baby is a girl.
(d) Tao Chi'en doesn't want the baby.

2. What name does Eliza go by as a boy?
(a) Elliot.
(b) Elijah.
(c) Eli.
(d) Elias.

3. Who says: "The woman very cleverly pawned her daughter off on us"?
(a) Jeremy.
(b) Rose.
(c) Tao Chi'en.
(d) John.

4. Why is it impossible that Eliza left with Joaquin?
(a) He left for California long before she did.
(b) He sent letters home for Eliza.
(c) He has not left for California yet.
(d) John would have noticed Eliza on the ship with Joaquin.

5. What does Tao Chi'en determine that a young prostitute died of?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Poison.
(c) Knife wound.
(d) Dysentery.

6. Why are Rose and John unable to track Mama Fresia?
(a) She changes her name.
(b) She leaves them a fake note.
(c) They think she is dead.
(d) They don't know her last name.

7. How do the people in the brothel survive the winter?
(a) They rent a barn to live in.
(b) Eliza heals their illnesses.
(c) They merge with another brothel.
(d) They get another wagon.

8. Where in California does Eliza's boat dock?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Santa Maria.
(c) San Diego.
(d) Santa Cruz.

9. What is the name of the prostitute that finds love with James?
(a) Stella.
(b) Esther.
(c) Hattie.
(d) Abigail.

10. What does Lin's ghost tell Tao Chi'en?
(a) To keep Eliza healthy.
(b) To forget Eliza and worry about himself.
(c) To kill Eliza.
(d) To make sure Eliza's baby is healthy.

11. How does Tao Chi'en make money?
(a) Preparing and selling medicines.
(b) Offering Eliza as a prostitute.
(c) Working as a miner.
(d) Removing bullets and stitching knife wounds.

12. When Lin's ghost appears to Tao Chi'en, what is she wearing?
(a) Ruby earrings.
(b) Turquoise ring.
(c) White veil.
(d) Green dress.

13. What color is the scarf Tao Chi'en's wife is wearing when she meets him?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Green.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

14. What does Eliza send to Rose from California when she realizes how much she misses her?
(a) A scrapbook of her adventures.
(b) A telegraph.
(c) Gold dust.
(d) A photograph.

15. Who sends word back to Rose that Eliza may still be alive?
(a) Joaquin.
(b) John.
(c) Jacob.
(d) Tao Chi'en.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must Eliza amputate from a man with gangrene?

2. Who says: "I thought there weren't any slaves in California"?

3. What is the name of the women Tao Chi'en falls in love with?

4. What does Jacob change his last name to?

5. How does Tao find out that Joaquin has been killed?

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