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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 horse traders and were on their way to California to trade horses.
(c) He and his family were on their way to California to try their luck at finding gold.
(d) He and his family were bakers on their way to start a new business in California.

4. What did the pale bookkeeper give Eli to remember her by?
(a) A brooch.
(b) A white handkerchief.
(c) A diamond earring.
(d) A length of blue silk.

5. What did Eli leave for the inn keeper that Charlie objected to?
(a) A pearl necklace.
(b) A gold watch.
(c) A five dollar piece.
(d) One hundred dollars.

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

7. Who won the duel?
(a) Reynolds.
(b) Stamm.
(c) Williams.
(d) Smith.

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

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

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

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

12. What was the name of the lawyer in the duel that Charlie and Eli watched?
(a) Smith.
(b) Robinson.
(c) Williams.
(d) Stamm.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Sisters brothers leave the gold they had stolen from Mayfield?

2. Who was the boy with the grouping of wagons waiting for?

3. What was the name of Charlie Sisters's horse?

4. What was the name of the ranch hand in the duel that Charlie and Eli watched?

5. What did Charlie tell Eli that upset him about the inn keeper he liked?

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