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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 was the name of Charlie Sisters's horse?
(a) Flash.
(b) Tub.
(c) Harry.
(d) Nimble.

2. What color is the horse Eli finds in their travels in Part II and decides to take as his own?
(a) A mix of brown and black.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Brown.

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

4. What had happened to make the boy with the wagons fall on hard times?
(a) His father had died, leaving him alone.
(b) He had contracted typhus and was dying.
(c) One of the men he had been traveling with stole all their money and fled.
(d) He had lost a foot in an accident.

5. What kind of animal was in Eli's dream about the peculiar girl?
(a) A bear.
(b) A dog missing a leg.
(c) A horse.
(d) A moose.

Short Answer Questions

1. What injury did Eli's horse Tub sustain as he was tied up at the shack with the string of beads?

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

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

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

5. How did the inn keeper react when Eli told her who he and Charlie were?

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