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

2. What did the boy with the wagons ask Charlie and Eli for?
(a) To be allowed to travel with them to the California border.
(b) To borrow a blanket.
(c) To borrow money.
(d) To have more of their food.

3. What did Charlie think the first time Eli persuaded him to try his toothbrush?
(a) Charlie thought it was painful to brush his teeth.
(b) Charlie was saddened by brushing his teeth.
(c) Charlie was impressed by how good it felt to brush his teeth.
(d) Charlie was indifferent to how it felt to brush his teeth.

4. What kind of liquor did both Charlie and Eli drink most often?
(a) Brandy.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Gin.
(d) Amaretto.

5. What was the phrase that Morris used to describe the effects of Warm's formula?
(a) The River of Light.
(b) The Amazing River.
(c) The Heavenly River.
(d) The Sunrise River.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Eli and Charlie realize Warm and Morris had actually been carrying?

2. What did Charlie tell Eli about riding Tub after Tub's surgery?

3. What did Eli and the inn keeper do together when he went into her room?

4. Why did Eli and Charlie have to leave Tub behind as they approached Warm's claim?

5. What did the stable hand tell Eli and Charlie would be best for Tub after the surgery?

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