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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 boy with the wagons tell the Sisters brothers he was traveling for?
(a) He and his family were bakers on their way to start a new business in California.
(b) He and his family were fortune tellers on their way to take advantage of prospectors in California.
(c) He and his family were on their way to California to try their luck at finding gold.
(d) He and his family were horse traders and were on their way to California to trade horses.

2. Who did the Sisters brothers think the old woman at the shack was?
(a) A witch or a gypsy.
(b) Their mother.
(c) A thief.
(d) A landowner.

3. What did Eli realize about Charlie as they left the shack with the string of beads?
(a) Charlie felt badly about leaving Eli there alone.
(b) Charlie was not willing to cross the threshold to see if his brother was alright.
(c) Charlie did not care about Eli's horse Tub.
(d) Charlie wanted Eli to be the lead man.

4. What creature did Charlie kill to bring its pelt to Mayfield?
(a) A ferret.
(b) A red-haired she-bear.
(c) A moose.
(d) A rare white deer.

5. What did Charlie do the boy the brothers found with the abandoned wagons?
(a) He killed him.
(b) He maimed him.
(c) He sent him off in the woods to die.
(d) He hit him on the head with the stock of his rifle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the horse Eli finds in their travels in Part II and decides to take as his own?

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

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

4. What did the pale bookkeeper give Eli to remember her by?

5. What was the name of Eli Sisters's horse?

(see the answer key)

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