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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (pages 171 - 216).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Eli meet at Mayfield's hotel who he took a fancy to?
(a) A chamber maid.
(b) A jewel thief.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) A pale bookkeeper.

2. How did reading Morris's writings change Charlie's and Eli's feelings about killing Warm?
(a) Charlie said he thought Warm deserved to die even more after reading Morris's writings.
(b) Charlie said he did not like the idea of killing a man because of his own ingenuity, and Eli agreed.
(c) Eli wanted to kill Morris, but not Warm, and Charlie agreed.
(d) Eli said he thought Warm and Morris should both be killed as soon as possible.

3. What did Eli suggest doing for the boy with the wagons after he regained consciousness?
(a) Sharing their lunch with him.
(b) Sending him off in the woods to die.
(c) Beating him.
(d) Killing him.

4. Why did Eli object to climbing through the shack's window with Charlie?
(a) Eli was afraid of heights.
(b) Eli had a broken arm and could not get up to the window.
(c) Eli did not believe in curses.
(d) Eli was heavier than Charlie and was afraid he would not fit through the window.

5. How did the inn keeper react when Eli told her who he and Charlie were?
(a) She was angry.
(b) She began crying.
(c) She rapidly left the room.
(d) She was impressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eli tell Charlie just before they left San Francisco for Sacramento to find Warm and Morris?

2. What did Eli and the inn keeper do together when he went into her room?

3. What did Charlie tell the boy with the wagons they had done to his father?

4. What did the stable hand tell Eli and Charlie would be best for Tub after the surgery?

5. How did Charlie and Eli think the Indian in Part II had died?

(see the answer key)

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