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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What shocks the others when Eileen returns to them?
(a) That Juan is dead.
(b) That there is only a few dollars of gold.
(c) That there is so much gold.
(d) That Juan has gone to stop Machado.

2. Why is Sean worried about Wooston?
(a) Because he has the backing of the governor.
(b) Because he is insane.
(c) Because he may get violent.
(d) Because he may not bow to pressure.

3. About what does Sean speak to Montero?
(a) Protecting Eileen.
(b) Hiding the gold once they recover it.
(c) Protecting the land.
(d) Getting the gold to the ranch.

4. What does Francisco try to talk the other man into doing?
(a) Leaving Silva.
(b) Going back to town.
(c) Killing Juan.
(d) Making camp.

5. How much gold does Juan say there is?
(a) Many pounds.
(b) Not much.
(c) None.
(d) Enough to pay for the ranch.

6. What does Wooston learn that angers him?
(a) About Eileen's upcoming marriage.
(b) That the governor has decided not to support Wooston's claims.
(c) About the upcoming fandango.
(d) About the rumors of his underhanded way to get Eileen off her land.

7. What does Eileen do with her coat?
(a) To signal Sean and the others.
(b) Uses it to protect her knees as she climbs.
(c) To carry the gold.
(d) Covers Juan.

8. What does a voice declare about Russell?
(a) That he is an evil man.
(b) That he is a foolish man.
(c) That he is innocent of wrongdoing.
(d) That he must not be allowed to remember the night.

9. What does Eileen realize as she is waking Juan?
(a) Juan is older than she first thought.
(b) He is dead.
(c) The gold can wait.
(d) Juan is ill.

10. What does Russell find in the cave?
(a) Juan's body.
(b) Francisco's body.
(c) No gold.
(d) A wolf carcass.

11. Why does Eileen apologize to Juan?
(a) For telling Jaime he could not bring Juan to live at the ranch.
(b) For asking him to undertake this journey.
(c) For thinking Jaime was visiting a fake shamen.
(d) For being slow on her feet.

12. What does Eileen plan to tell the people in the area?
(a) That Juan is dead.
(b) That gold has been discovered.
(c) That Machado shot Sean.
(d) That Machado shot Win.

13. What is the trail from Los Angeles to Malibu like?
(a) It runs inland several miles.
(b) It runs along the water.
(c) It runs through desert.
(d) It is steep and narrow.

14. What does Sean say about Mariana when asked by Machado?
(a) Mariana has made her choice.
(b) Mariana is back at the ranch.
(c) Mariana is with Juan.
(d) Mariana is in Los Angeles.

15. What do Tennison and Sean talk about concerning people's hands?
(a) Hands can reveal much about a person.
(b) Some women's hands are calloused when they should be soft.
(c) Some men's hands are soft and show they have never worked hard.
(d) Some hands have six fingers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who speaks to Machado's men from the darkness?

2. Who laughs at Sean?

3. What does Bell say is obvious?

4. What catches Eileen's eye as Juan is sleeping?

5. Why does Wooston want to take Russell away?

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