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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (pages 217 - 276).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Charlie and Morris do together on the morning after the Sisters brothers struck their deal with Morris and Warm?
(a) Went for a swim.
(b) Found new horses.
(c) Went for a hike.
(d) Hunted a bear.

3. What was Charlie's reaction to reading Morris's writings about Warm?
(a) Charlie said he thought Morris was insane.
(b) Charlie said Morris had always been fanciful and that the writings sounded like lies.
(c) Charlie said he believed what Morris had written.
(d) Charlie said he wanted to check Morris's claims with the Commodore before doing anything else.

4. What did the brothers find in Morris's hotel room?
(a) Perfumes and waxes, but no luggage and no sign of Morris.
(b) Clothes and money strewn about.
(c) An impostor.
(d) A dead body.

5. What did the hotel manager say Morris had left behind that she now had in her possession?
(a) A note for Charlie and Eli.
(b) Suitcases.
(c) Money.
(d) A journal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Charlie and Eli discuss openly for the first time together on the way to Sacramento?

2. What did Eli say to Warm to try to dissuade him from shooting him and Charlie?

3. What was the name of the boy's horse in Part II?

4. How much money did the Sisters brothers steal from Mayfield in gold?

5. What was wrong with the coffee the prospector near Warm's claim made for Eli and Charlie?

(see the answer key)

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