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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One Stab accompanies Tristan to the train station and gives Tristan what, which Tristan keeps until his death at age eighty-four?
(a) A gun.
(b) A book.
(c) His skinning knife.
(d) A letter.

2. How does Sarah respond when Nordstrom makes a counter offer?
(a) She is confused.
(b) She is angry.
(c) She is scared.
(d) She is shocked.

3. Where does Tristan quickly go to follow the Irishmen?
(a) Sarasota.
(b) Springdale.
(c) Santa Fe.
(d) Saratoga.

4. In the morning, Nordstrom gets ready to meet with Sarah and adds what to his boot?
(a) A straight razor.
(b) A screw driver.
(c) A gun.
(d) A cell phone.

5. How far does Tristan carry Isabel Two?
(a) For miles.
(b) For a block.
(c) For a mile.
(d) For a few feet.

6. Where does Nordstrom want to be?
(a) With Laura again.
(b) On vacation with Sonia.
(c) Cooking in a restaurant by the ocean.
(d) Sitting on a beach chair staring at the ocean.

7. Captain Ludlow makes Tristan cooperate with the British war mission for what reason?
(a) So they will be paid.
(b) So they will survive.
(c) So they can keep the ship.
(d) So they can get a new ship.

8. He writes in his journal, thinking again about what?
(a) Laura.
(b) Quitting and giving away all his money.
(c) Becoming a cook.
(d) His daughter.

9. A tall black man named Slats and his Italian friend named Berto come in and do what?
(a) Grab Sarah.
(b) Steal from the party goers.
(c) Threaten Laura.
(d) Yell at Nordstrom.

10. Who are the three brothers?
(a) Allan, Turner, and Steven.
(b) Aaron, Timothy, and Stephen.
(c) Albert, Tyler, and Seth.
(d) Alfred, Tristan, and Samuel.

11. Who does Ludlow insist on tutoring?
(a) His friend, Isabel Two.
(b) His ranch foreman's daughter, Isabel Two.
(c) His niece, Isabel Two.
(d) His daughter, Isabel Two.

12. What does Nordstrom ask Phillip's friend, the Sephard, to arrange?
(a) A dinner for Laura.
(b) A graduation party for Sonia.
(c) A concert for Sonia.
(d) An engagement party for Sonia.

13. Tristan goes to deliver some whiskey for a party at Alfred's house, hoping to do what?
(a) See Susannah.
(b) Set Susannah straight.
(c) Avoid Susannah.
(d) Apologize to Susannah.

14. Nordstrom's financial adviser insists that Nordstrom see who?
(a) A psychiatrist.
(b) A friend.
(c) Laura.
(d) Sonia.

15. How does Alfred end up in the hospital?
(a) He catches influenza.
(b) He injures his knee and back.
(c) He faints.
(d) He is shot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the company plan for Nordstrom's leaving?

2. Tristan comes down with dysentery in dangerous seas and barely escapes with both his life and the ship. His fevers make him delirious. He stands on the bowspirit and hallucinates what?

3. What alerts Nordstrom to Berto's entrance?

4. Tristan buys whiskey to take home and sell to whom?

5. How long does Ludlow stay in his room after his sons leave?

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