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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (pages 217 - 276).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Warm tell Eli his father had done for a living?
(a) He was a butcher.
(b) He was a chef.
(c) He was a military man.
(d) He was an inventor.

2. What did Charlie tell Eli that upset him about the inn keeper he liked?
(a) That she was ugly.
(b) That she was really a man.
(c) That she had offered Charlie sex for money.
(d) That she had spoken ill of Eli to Charlie.

3. What upset the stable hand so much when he and Eli tranquilized Tub?
(a) The horse died when he tried to tranquilize it.
(b) The horse kicked the stable hand.
(c) The horse threw up.
(d) The horse collapsed on the men and the stable hand had thought they might be killed.

4. What did Eli conclude and comment on to Charlie about the prospectors they had met on their journey?
(a) The the prospectors did not have much longer to live.
(b) That the prospectors were all especially tough and hardy.
(c) The solitude of working in the wild is not healthy for men.
(d) That the prospectors were all alcoholics.

5. What did Eli and Charlie realize about Warm and Morris as they talked to the prospectors in Part IV?
(a) Warm and Morris were distraught.
(b) Warm and Morris were tired.
(c) Warm and Morris were angry.
(d) Warm and Morris were drunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when the boy began to ride with the Sisters brothers in Part II?

2. How did Eli react to the bad news Charlie told him about the inn keeper?

3. How did Warm catch Eli and Charlie off-guard as they approached Warm and Morris's camp at Warm's claim?

4. What did Charlie think the first time Eli persuaded him to try his toothbrush?

5. What did Charlie say would likely become of Tub when Eli sold him?

(see the answer key)

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