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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why did Charlie say he told Eli the bad news about the inn keeper?
(a) Charlie wanted to hurt Eli's feelings.
(b) Charlie did not want Eli to starve himself in vain.
(c) Charlie hated Eli.
(d) Charlie did not want Eli to give money to unworthy people.

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

5. Who did Mayfield bring in to dance for the Sisters brothers?
(a) A young Indian girl.
(b) A naked woman.
(c) A young Chinese boy.
(d) A bearded lady.

6. Why did Eli cross the threshold of the house with the string of beads?
(a) A grizzly bear attacked Tub and he wanted to save the horse.
(b) He needed to get food.
(c) He had to go to the bathroom.
(d) He wanted some fresh air.

7. What did Eli resolve to do to try to win the inn keeper's affections?
(a) Make more money.
(b) Quit drinking.
(c) Become an honest man.
(d) Lose 25 pounds.

8. How did Eli feel when they left the boy at the stream in Part II?
(a) Eli saw himself in the boy and felt guilty about leaving him.
(b) Eli cried because they had to leave the boy.
(c) Eli thought the boy was doomed and felt he would remember the grim image of him standing there alone, forlorn.
(d) Eli felt angry at the boy.

9. What did Eli hear Charlie saying in the bathtub that upset him?
(a) Charlie said Eli was stupid.
(b) Charlie said Eli was fat.
(c) Charlie said he hated Eli.
(d) Charlie said he would have separated from Eli long ago if Eli was not his brother.

10. What did Charlie tell Eli and the boy the inn keeper's name was?
(a) Nellie.
(b) Mary.
(c) Annie.
(d) Sally.

11. What did the doctor from the encampment give Eli that Eli was very impressed with throughout the book?
(a) An ointment for wounds.
(b) A dental mirror.
(c) A toothbrush and toothbrush powder.
(d) A syringe.

12. Who was the boy with the grouping of wagons waiting for?
(a) His mother.
(b) His friends.
(c) His father.
(d) His brother.

13. Who did the Sisters brothers think the old woman at the shack was?
(a) Their mother.
(b) A witch or a gypsy.
(c) A thief.
(d) A landowner.

14. Why did Eli change his mind and decide to keep Tub in Part II?
(a) He did not like the black horse after all.
(b) He felt guilty taking a dead man's horse.
(c) He thought Tub would get faster.
(d) He felt Tub had been a faithful horse.

15. Who did the brothers discovered owned the horse they found in Part II?
(a) A prospector.
(b) An Indian they found dead on the path.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A young boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Charlie steal from the doctor who patched up Eli?

2. What did Charlie say would likely become of Tub when Eli sold him?

3. What did the pale bookkeeper give Eli to remember her by?

4. How did Charlie get the tools he needed to cut a wider opening in the window of the shack?

5. What city was the Commodore's mansion in?

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