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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the Sisters brothers find with the prospector's belongings?
(a) Many guns and ammunition.
(b) A stash of rare gems.
(c) A letter to the prospector's mother.
(d) Valuable medicines.

3. What kind of animal was in Eli's dream about the peculiar girl?
(a) A horse.
(b) A moose.
(c) A dog missing a leg.
(d) A bear.

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

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

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

7. What did Eli leave with the prostitute to give to the pale bookkeeper for him?
(a) A secret code.
(b) Precious gems.
(c) The blue silk scarf.
(d) $100.

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

9. What did Charlie say would likely become of Tub when Eli sold him?
(a) He would work transporting medicine for a doctor.
(b) He would become a pet for a child.
(c) Stew meat.
(d) A farmer would buy him.

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

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

12. What was the matter with the boy's horse in Part II?
(a) The horse only had one ear.
(b) The horse was missing shoes.
(c) The horse was missing an eye.
(d) The horse was small and sickly looking and had no saddle.

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

14. Who did Eli meet at Mayfield's hotel who he took a fancy to?
(a) A chamber maid.
(b) A pale bookkeeper.
(c) A jewel thief.
(d) A prostitute.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the boy's horse in Part II?

2. Who did the prospector say was willing to pay for special pelt of a specific animal?

3. What did Charlie think the first time Eli persuaded him to try his toothbrush?

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

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

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