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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. How did the hotel manager respond to Charlie's request to see what Morris had left behind?
(a) She refused.
(b) She said she had given it away.
(c) She said she would let them see it for a fee.
(d) She said someone had stolen it.

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

3. How did Warm get away from the Commodore at their last meeting?
(a) He shot the Commodore.
(b) He hit the Commodore in the head with a paperweight.
(c) He poisoned the Commodore.
(d) He drugged the Commodore.

4. What had happened to make the boy with the wagons fall on hard times?
(a) He had contracted typhus and was dying.
(b) One of the men he had been traveling with stole all their money and fled.
(c) His father had died, leaving him alone.
(d) He had lost a foot in an accident.

5. What did the inn keeper tell Eli about Charlie?
(a) That he was a heathen.
(b) That he had a lot of anger.
(c) That he was sad.
(d) That he was a lovely man.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did reading Morris's writings change Charlie's and Eli's feelings about killing Warm?

2. Who won the duel?

3. Who did the prospector say was willing to pay for special pelt of a specific animal?

4. What did the old woman at the shack leave behind when she disappeared during the night?

5. What kind of illness overcame Eli right after he recovered from the venomous bite?

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