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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How close is Silas to the decoys when he admires how realistic they look in Chapter 8?
(a) 60 feet.
(b) 45 feet.
(c) 50 feet.
(d) 40 feet.

2. What does Silas pick in Chapter 5, that the marshal tells him are poisonous?
(a) Bracken ferns.
(b) Ostrich ferns.
(c) Fiddleheads.
(d) Lady ferns.

3. How many lawmen were killed when the Orange Street Gang were arrested?
(a) 6.
(b) 9.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

4. From where is Silas's pa bleeding when SIlas goes into the cave and sees him?
(a) Back.
(b) Stomach.
(c) Head.
(d) Chest.

5. Where did Silas's mother's family find a trove of forgotten manuscripts when they spent the summer in England?
(a) Gloucester.
(b) Wolverhampton.
(c) Chelmsford.
(d) Herefordshire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the biggest counterfeiting ring in New York?

2. How long after they met did Silas's parents marry?

3. Where does Sheriff Chalfont say that shooting real straight or running real fast worked for him and Deputy Beautyman in Chapter 6?

4. As Roscoe offers the sheriff a cut of $20,000, who does Silas see walking across the creek?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 9, where is Deptuy Beautyman hit as he pulls Silas out of the water?

Short Essay Questions

1. What scares Silas as he goes down the path under the waterfall toward the outlaws' cave?

2. What do Silas, the sheriff, and the deputy find when they return to where Silas left Marshal Farmer?

3. How does Martin meet Elsa, his wife and Silas's mother?

4. Who does Marshal Farmer send Silas to get in Rosasharon, and why is Silas not able to speak to the man?

5. What are Martin's last words to Silas?

6. Who were the Orange Street Gang?

7. What does Sheriff Chalfont tell Eben about answering his questions truthfull?

8. How do Elsa's family react when she marries Martin?

9. Who arrives and speaks to Silas after the lawmen begin their approach to the cave, and what does she want?

10. Who does Eben say are in the cave?

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