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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (pages 277 - 325).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the prospector who approached Eli and Charlie near Warm's claim ask of the brothers?
(a) To borrow their fire to make some coffee.
(b) To borrow a horse.
(c) To borrow some money.
(d) To borrow a gun.

3. How did Eli feel when they left the boy at the stream in Part II?
(a) Eli saw himself in the boy and felt guilty about leaving him.
(b) Eli felt angry at the boy.
(c) Eli thought the boy was doomed and felt he would remember the grim image of him standing there alone, forlorn.
(d) Eli cried because they had to leave the boy.

4. 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) Eli said he thought Warm and Morris should both be killed as soon as possible.
(c) Charlie said he did not like the idea of killing a man because of his own ingenuity, and Eli agreed.
(d) Eli wanted to kill Morris, but not Warm, and Charlie agreed.

5. What was the name of the ferry Charlie and Eli boarded after leaving San Francisco?
(a) The James Joyce.
(b) The Mermaid.
(c) Old Ulysses.
(d) The Eagle Eye.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eli conclude and comment on to Charlie about the prospectors they had met on their journey?

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

3. How did Warm manage to leave the militia?

4. How much did Mayfield pay the Sisters brothers for the pelt?

5. Who did the brothers discovered owned the horse they found in Part II?

(see the answer key)

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