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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Charlie propose killing the Commodore?
(a) With a pillow over his face while he slept.
(b) Stabbing.
(c) Shooting.
(d) Poison.

2. What did Charlie and Eli conclude about Henry Morris's character?
(a) That he was a genius.
(b) That he was a criminal.
(c) That he was an honorable man, even though he had abandoned his post with the Commodore.
(d) That he was insane.

3. What did the stable hand at the hotel need to tell Eli about Tub?
(a) Tub needed to have a cut stitched up.
(b) Tub's eye needed to be removed.
(c) Tub had lost a shoe.
(d) Tub needed to be put down.

4. Why did Eli and Charlie have to leave Tub behind as they approached Warm's claim?
(a) Tub was too ill to continue.
(b) Tub drowned in the river.
(c) Tub broke his leg.
(d) Tub got attacked by a raccoon.

5. What did Charlie and Eli ask the prospector near Warm's claim?
(a) They asked him if they had seen two men fitting Morris and Warm's description.
(b) They asked him if he had seen the River of Light.
(c) They asked him if they could borrow a horse.
(d) They asked him how much gold he had found.

6. What was Charlie's habit prior to the completion of an assignment from the Commodore?
(a) Wearing a tie.
(b) Brushing his horse.
(c) Polishing his pistol handles.
(d) Picking a fight with Eli.

7. What did Eli tell Charlie he thought about the prospectors whose camp they passed on the way to Warm's claim?
(a) They looked like chefs.
(b) They looked like horse traders.
(c) They looked like killers.
(d) They looked like lawyers.

8. What did Warm do as he and the Sisters brothers moved closer to each other after Eli had once again proposed working together?
(a) Warm whispered.
(b) Warm whistled.
(c) Warm yelled loudly.
(d) Warm drew both his pistols.

9. What effect did Warm's formula have on the body?
(a) The formula made the skin tickle slightly.
(b) The formula made the skin turn red, but is painless.
(c) The formula was very caustic and harmful to the skin and organs.
(d) The formula had no effect at all on the body.

10. How did Eli feel when Tub finally died?
(a) Eli felt terribly sad.
(b) Eli felt angry.
(c) Eli felt relieved.
(d) Eli felt happy.

11. How did the Sisters brothers decide to split the profits of the gold hunting with Warm and Morris?
(a) They agreed the Sisters brothers would keep half of whatever they pulled from the river, and the rest would go to Warm and Morris.
(b) They agreed that the Sisters brothers would keep 90% of what they pulled from the river, and the rest would go to Warm and Morris.
(c) They agreed the Sisters brothers would keep 25% of what they pulled from the river, and the rest would go to Warm and Morris.
(d) They agreed the Sisters brothers would keep 75% of what they pulled from the river, and the rest would to go Warm and Morris

12. How did the hotel manager respond to Charlie's request to see what Morris had left behind?
(a) She refused.
(b) She said she had given it away.
(c) She said someone had stolen it.
(d) She said she would let them see it for a fee.

13. What color was the woman's dress and scrap of fabric she passed between her hands at The Black Skull?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

14. What did Eli compare killing Warm and Morris to?
(a) Killing criminals.
(b) Killing animals.
(c) Killing their own brothers.
(d) Killing women and children.

15. What did Eli and Charlie realize Warm and Morris had actually been carrying?
(a) Stolen money.
(b) Extra saddles.
(c) A huge amount of gold.
(d) Barrels of the formula.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color was the formula?

2. What was Warm's wife's name?

3. How did Warm say his father had died?

4. What did the brothers pass on the way out of San Francisco?

5. What did Charlie tell Eli the Commodore had instructed him to do before killing Warm?

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