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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Eli object to climbing through the shack's window with Charlie?
(a) Eli was afraid of heights.
(b) Eli had a broken arm and could not get up to the window.
(c) Eli did not believe in curses.
(d) Eli was heavier than Charlie and was afraid he would not fit through the window.

2. What happened when the boy began to ride with the Sisters brothers in Part II?
(a) He got shot at by prospectors.
(b) He fell off his horse.
(c) His horse died.
(d) He fell behind immediately.

3. What did Charlie tell Eli that upset him about the inn keeper he liked?
(a) That she had offered Charlie sex for money.
(b) That she was really a man.
(c) That she was ugly.
(d) That she had spoken ill of Eli to Charlie.

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

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

6. What did Charlie do the boy the brothers found with the abandoned wagons?
(a) He sent him off in the woods to die.
(b) He killed him.
(c) He maimed him.
(d) He hit him on the head with the stock of his rifle.

7. What did the prospector jabbing Eli with his gun ask if Eli and Charlie were hunting?
(a) A rare white deer.
(b) A moose.
(c) A red-haired fox.
(d) A red-haired she-bear.

8. What did Eli buy at the clothing store where Eli got an entire new outfit?
(a) A hat.
(b) A vest.
(c) Long underwear.
(d) Boots.

9. What injury did Eli's horse Tub sustain as he was tied up at the shack with the string of beads?
(a) Tub's hoof was broken.
(b) Tub's leg was broken.
(c) Tub's stomach was torn.
(d) Tub's eye was scratched and became red and swollen.

10. Who did the prospector say was willing to pay for special pelt of a specific animal?
(a) The Mayor of Jacksonville.
(b) Mayfield.
(c) The Commodore.
(d) General Smith.

11. What did Eli give to the boy with the wagons as the Sisters brothers left the stream?
(a) Paper money.
(b) A warm blanket.
(c) Extra food.
(d) His share of the gold they had taken from the dead prospector.

12. What did Eli suggest doing for the boy with the wagons after he regained consciousness?
(a) Killing him.
(b) Sharing their lunch with him.
(c) Beating him.
(d) Sending him off in the woods to die.

13. 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.

14. How did the inn keeper react when Eli told her who he and Charlie were?
(a) She was impressed.
(b) She began crying.
(c) She was angry.
(d) She rapidly left the room.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Sisters brothers do for a living?

2. What position was Charlie to take on the Hermann Kermit Warm job?

3. What did Eli resolve to do to try to win the inn keeper's affections?

4. Who did Eli meet at Mayfield's hotel who he took a fancy to?

5. Who caught up with the Sisters brothers at the stream right after Charlie tried Eli's toothbrush?

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