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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (pages 76 - 167).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the pale bookkeeper give Eli to remember her by?
(a) A diamond earring.
(b) A white handkerchief.
(c) A length of blue silk.
(d) A brooch.

2. How much money did the Sisters brothers steal from Mayfield in gold?
(a) About $50,000.
(b) About $30,000.
(c) About $1,500.
(d) About $3,000.

3. What kind of creature bit Eli, sending him into an illness of fever?
(a) A raccoon.
(b) A scorpion.
(c) A snake.
(d) A spider.

4. What did Charlie think the first time Eli persuaded him to try his toothbrush?
(a) Charlie was impressed by how good it felt to brush his teeth.
(b) Charlie was saddened by brushing his teeth.
(c) Charlie thought it was painful to brush his teeth.
(d) Charlie was indifferent to how it felt to brush his teeth.

5. What did Charlie do to the prospector who would not stop jabbing Eli in the leg with his rifle?
(a) He beat him badly.
(b) He drowned him.
(c) He killed him by shooting him in the head.
(d) He tied him up and tortured him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Eli object to climbing through the shack's window with Charlie?

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

3. Why did Charlie say he told Eli the bad news about the inn keeper?

4. What had happened to make the boy with the wagons fall on hard times?

5. What is the most frequent reason Charlie could not travel during the brothers' journey to San Francisco?

(see the answer key)

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