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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Silas bite Rufe Jones when Rufe jumps on him?
(a) Thigh.
(b) Arm.
(c) Fingers.
(d) Hand.

2. How many feet of embankment is there between the cliff wall and the creek?
(a) 30.
(b) 25.
(c) About 20.
(d) Around 15.

3. What was the value of the gold coins that Mac Boat took when he escaped the law?
(a) $30,000.
(b) $25,000.
(c) $20,000.
(d) $15,000.

4. What color is the rock face of the ravine?
(a) Gray.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Burgundy.
(d) Brown.

5. How long after they met did Silas's parents marry?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 10 months.

6. In Chapter 6, what does Sheriff Chalfont give Silas to eat while they ready their horses?
(a) Jerky.
(b) Sandwich.
(c) Piece of bread.
(d) Apple.

7. How many days have Silas and the marshal been traveling together in the woods at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

8. As Silas and Mittenwool approach the cave in Chapter 8, what color are the walls of the ravine?
(a) Bright purple.
(b) Brown.
(c) Red.
(d) White.

9. What does Silas do when the ghost of the sheriff's sister says that the Morton brothers look cold?
(a) Covers them with straw.
(b) Covers them with jackets.
(c) Covers them with blankets.
(d) Covers them with pine branches.

10. How far of a ride is it to Rosasharon in Chapter 5?
(a) 1 1/2 hours.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 2 1/2 hours.
(d) 1 hour.

11. How many indents above the creek does Mittenwool show Silas in Chapter 5?
(a) 6.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

12. In Chapter 8, how long does it take the sheriff to hunt and kill rabbits?
(a) About an hour.
(b) 45 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 2 hours.

13. When Silas passes the decoys and then the first bend of the creek, about how far ahead are the two lawmen?
(a) 200 feet.
(b) 150 feet.
(c) About 100 feet.
(d) Around 50 feet.

14. In Chapter 5, what time do Silas and Marshal Farmer make camp?
(a) Shortly before dusk.
(b) Around 5 p.m.
(c) An hour after dusk.
(d) Around 6 p.m.

15. What type of horse is Pony?
(a) Caspian.
(b) Appaloosa.
(c) Arabian.
(d) Friesian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who alerts Silas to the fact that the blue-fingered man is point a gun at the sheriff in Chapter 8?

2. Who stampedes Pony as Ollerenshaw tells Rufe to shoot at the lawmen?

3. What food do the Morton brothers complain about having to eat all the time in Chapter 8?

4. How many volumes are in the series of books Silas loves called A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature?

5. Where was Mac Boat from?

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