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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. In his writings, how did Morris describe the way Warm had approached him for the first time?
(a) Morris said warm had been angry and abusive.
(b) Morris said Warm had been sad.
(c) Morris said Warm had been drunk and had smelled terrible.
(d) Morris said Warm had been smooth and charming.

2. 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 drunk.
(d) Warm and Morris were angry.

3. Why did Warm tell Morris he wanted Morris to go into business with him?
(a) Morris could reason with the Sisters brothers and stop them from killing Warm.
(b) Morris could get the Commodore to reconsider and fund Warm's expedition.
(c) Morris could help Warm refine the formula.
(d) Morris had a gift for the public-facing side of his business that Warm himself lacked.

4. Where did the Sisters brothers leave the gold they had stolen from Mayfield?
(a) In the pale bookkeeper's bedroom.
(b) Underneath a potbellied stove in the corner of the Mayfield hotel.
(c) In a safe deposit box at the local bank.
(d) In Mayfield's safe.

5. What was the matter with the boy's horse in Part II?
(a) The horse only had one ear.
(b) The horse was small and sickly looking and had no saddle.
(c) The horse was missing an eye.
(d) The horse was missing shoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Charlie do the boy the brothers found with the abandoned wagons?

2. What did Charlie tell Eli and the boy the inn keeper's name was?

3. What did Eli shout at Charlie about as they mounted their horses and left San Francisco for Sacramento?

4. How did Warm say his father had died?

5. What color was the woman's dress and scrap of fabric she passed between her hands at The Black Skull?

(see the answer key)

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