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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. How did Eli feel when they left the boy at the stream in Part II?
(a) Eli cried because they had to leave the boy.
(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 saw himself in the boy and felt guilty about leaving him.

2. What injury did Eli's horse Tub sustain as he was tied up at the shack with the string of beads?
(a) Tub's hoof was broken.
(b) Tub's eye was scratched and became red and swollen.
(c) Tub's stomach was torn.
(d) Tub's leg was broken.

3. What did Eli resolve to do to try to win the inn keeper's affections?
(a) Make more money.
(b) Quit drinking.
(c) Lose 25 pounds.
(d) Become an honest man.

4. Who was the Commodore's scout who has gone ahead of Charlie and Eli to San Francisco on the Hermann Warm job?
(a) Henry Morris.
(b) Harry Jacobs.
(c) John Reynolds.
(d) John Smith.

5. How did Eli react to the bad news Charlie told him about the inn keeper?
(a) Eli killed Charlie's horse.
(b) Eli flew into a rage.
(c) Eli asked Charlie to make more food.
(d) Eli cried.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eli hear Charlie saying in the bathtub that upset him?

2. How did the pale bookkeeper protect Eli in Mayfield's hotel?

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

4. What did Eli give to the boy with the wagons as the Sisters brothers left the stream?

5. What did Eli suggest doing for the boy with the wagons after he regained consciousness?

(see the answer key)

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