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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

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

5. What did Eli and the inn keeper do together when he went into her room?
(a) Brushed their teeth.
(b) Had sex.
(c) Kissed.
(d) Exchanged addresses.

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

7. What did Charlie do to the prospector who would not stop jabbing Eli in the leg with his rifle?
(a) He killed him by shooting him in the head.
(b) He beat him badly.
(c) He tied him up and tortured him.
(d) He drowned him.

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

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

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

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

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

13. 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 young boy.
(d) A farmer.

14. What flavor of pie was Eli's favorite?
(a) Apple.
(b) Blueberry.
(c) Cherry.
(d) Rhubarb.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Eli Sisters's horse?

2. How did Charlie and Eli think the Indian in Part II had died?

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

4. Who did the Sisters brothers think the old woman at the shack was?

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

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