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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. In Chapter 5, how far across is the narrowest point of the ravine?
(a) About 7 feet.
(b) About 4 feet.
(c) About 5 feet.
(d) About 6 feet.

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

3. Where does the ghost of the sheriff's sister tell Silas that she left their mother's plum pudding for him?
(a) Cellar.
(b) Spring.
(c) Bread box.
(d) Ice box.

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

5. Where does Sheriff Chalfont tell the Morton brothers that he and Deputy Beautyman served together?
(a) Texas.
(b) Gettysburg.
(c) Civil War.
(d) Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men do Silas, the sheriff, and the deputy see come through the creek at the end of Chapter 7?

2. In Chapter 6, where is Marshal Farmer bleeding after his jump across the ravine?

3. How many lawmen were killed when the Orange Street Gang were arrested?

4. From where is Silas's pa bleeding when SIlas goes into the cave and sees him?

5. How many feet of embankment is there between the cliff wall and the creek?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Eben say about entrances to the cave?

4. Who does Eben say are in the cave?

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

6. What does the marshal tell Silas about counterfeiting?

7. What proposition does Ollerenshaw have for the sheriff?

8. As the deputy and sheriff prepare to storm the cave, who comes down to the creek?

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

10. When lawmen killed or arrested members of the Orange Street Gang, who escaped and what did he escape with?

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