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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position was Charlie to take on the Hermann Kermit Warm job?
(a) Second Soldier.
(b) First Soldier.
(c) Second Man.
(d) Lead Man.

2. What did the inn keeper tell Eli that hurt his feelings?
(a) That she preferred men who were slimmer than he was.
(b) That she hated his line of work.
(c) That she was already attached.
(d) That she thought he was ugly.

3. What was the name of Charlie Sisters's horse?
(a) Flash.
(b) Tub.
(c) Nimble.
(d) Harry.

4. What was the name of Eli Sisters's horse?
(a) Jake.
(b) Nimble.
(c) Tub.
(d) Charlie.

5. How did the pale bookkeeper protect Eli in Mayfield's hotel?
(a) She gave him an extra gun.
(b) She hid him in the closet.
(c) She spirited him out of the hotel and into the stable.
(d) She took him to a room to which only she held the key and locked him in.

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

7. What did the inn keeper tell Eli about Charlie?
(a) That he was a lovely man.
(b) That he was a heathen.
(c) That he had a lot of anger.
(d) That he was sad.

8. 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.

9. How did Eli alter his dinner order in the restaurant in Jacksonville?
(a) He asked for something higher in fat.
(b) He asked for more meat.
(c) He asked for more eggs.
(d) He asked for a smaller portion with more vegetables.

10. 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 thought it was painful to brush his teeth.
(c) Charlie was indifferent to how it felt to brush his teeth.
(d) Charlie was saddened by brushing his teeth.

11. What did Charlie tell the boy with the wagons they had done to his father?
(a) Killed him.
(b) Maimed him.
(c) Stolen his money.
(d) Taken him to the hospital.

12. What did Williams do in the duel that was shameful?
(a) He shot into the crowd, wounding a woman.
(b) He hid behind his second.
(c) He cried.
(d) He ran away.

13. Who caught up with the Sisters brothers at the stream right after Charlie tried Eli's toothbrush?
(a) Hermann Kermit Warm.
(b) The Commodore.
(c) The weeping man.
(d) The boy with the wagons.

14. What did the boy with the wagons tell the Sisters brothers he was traveling for?
(a) He and his family were fortune tellers on their way to take advantage of prospectors in California.
(b) He and his family were on their way to California to try their luck at finding gold.
(c) He and his family were horse traders and were on their way to California to trade horses.
(d) He and his family were bakers on their way to start a new business in California.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the bar Charlie and Eli frequented in their home city?

2. What kind of creature bit Eli, sending him into an illness of fever?

3. Who won the duel?

4. What did Eli do with the money he got from Mayfield for the pelt?

5. What did Eli see at the duel that upset him?

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