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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 is the most frequent reason Charlie could not travel during the brothers' journey to San Francisco?
(a) His foot swelled from an old injury.
(b) His horse was too old.
(c) He was hung over from alcohol.
(d) He was sick with the flu.

2. What did Eli give to the boy with the wagons as the Sisters brothers left the stream?
(a) Paper money.
(b) Extra food.
(c) His share of the gold they had taken from the dead prospector.
(d) A warm blanket.

3. What did the old woman at the shack leave behind when she disappeared during the night?
(a) A horse.
(b) A string of beads across the threshold the brothers take as a sign of a curse.
(c) A pot of tea.
(d) A bag of gold.

4. How did Charlie and Eli think the Indian in Part II had died?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Organ failure.
(c) Beating.
(d) Gunshot wound.

5. What happened when the boy began to ride with the Sisters brothers in Part II?
(a) He got shot at by prospectors.
(b) He fell off his horse.
(c) His horse died.
(d) He fell behind immediately.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Charlie steal from the doctor who patched up Eli?

2. What kind of liquor did both Charlie and Eli drink most often?

3. Where did the Sisters brothers leave the gold they had stolen from Mayfield?

4. What kind of animal was in Eli's dream about the peculiar girl?

5. What did the boy with the wagons ask Charlie and Eli for?

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