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

2. What did Eli tell Charlie he thought about the prospectors whose camp they passed on the way to Warm's claim?
(a) They looked like chefs.
(b) They looked like lawyers.
(c) They looked like killers.
(d) They looked like horse traders.

3. How did the hotel manager respond to Charlie's request to see what Morris had left behind?
(a) She said someone had stolen it.
(b) She refused.
(c) She said she had given it away.
(d) She said she would let them see it for a fee.

4. What was wrong with the coffee the prospector near Warm's claim made for Eli and Charlie?
(a) It was burned.
(b) It was actually tea.
(c) It was poisoned.
(d) It was actually dirt.

5. What did Eli do with the money he got from Mayfield for the pelt?
(a) Secretly gave it to the pale bookkeeper.
(b) Spent it on brandy.
(c) Donated it to a charity.
(d) Gambled it away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Warm tell Morris about how the Commodore had treated Warm?

2. What did the owner at The Black Skull tell the Sisters brothers about Warm?

3. What did Eli tell Charlie just before they left San Francisco for Sacramento to find Warm and Morris?

4. What was Charlie's habit prior to the completion of an assignment from the Commodore?

5. What did Charlie suggest giving to Tub before Eli washed his wound out with alcohol?

(see the answer key)

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