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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (pages 277 - 325).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the Commodore's scout who has gone ahead of Charlie and Eli to San Francisco on the Hermann Warm job?
(a) John Smith.
(b) Harry Jacobs.
(c) Henry Morris.
(d) John Reynolds.

2. What did Eli feel about everything that happened after they worked in the illuminated river together?
(a) Everything that happened after was like a fantastic dream.
(b) Everything that happened after had been foretold by a fortune teller a few weeks earlier.
(c) Everything that happened after went as wrong as possible.
(d) Everything that happened after was of a mixed nature.

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

4. What did Eli do with Warm's books and papers?
(a) Took them with him.
(b) Threw them in the river.
(c) Buried them with Warm.
(d) Burned them.

5. What was the name of the bar Charlie and Eli frequented in their home city?
(a) The Horse and Saw.
(b) The King Pin.
(c) The Bleeding Horse.
(d) The Pig-King.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the stable hand use to perform the surgery Tub needed?

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

3. How did the pale bookkeeper protect Eli in Mayfield's hotel?

4. How did the Sisters brothers decide to split the profits of the gold hunting with Warm and Morris?

5. What creatures seemed to be watching the four men as they worked in the river?

(see the answer key)

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