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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did reading Morris's writings change Charlie's and Eli's feelings about killing Warm?
(a) Charlie said he thought Warm deserved to die even more after reading Morris's writings.
(b) Eli wanted to kill Morris, but not Warm, and Charlie agreed.
(c) Charlie said he did not like the idea of killing a man because of his own ingenuity, and Eli agreed.
(d) Eli said he thought Warm and Morris should both be killed as soon as possible.

3. What did Charlie tell Eli would happen if they killed the Commodore?
(a) The Commodore would have men in place to avenge his death.
(b) They would become rich.
(c) They would take over the Commodore's business.
(d) They would have to flee the country.

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

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

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

7. What was the name of the restaurant where Warm took Morris to tell him about his plan?
(a) The Bleeding Horse.
(b) The Black Skull.
(c) The Science Club.
(d) The Tabbard Inn.

8. Why did Warm tell Morris he wanted Morris to go into business with him?
(a) Morris could reason with the Sisters brothers and stop them from killing Warm.
(b) Morris had a gift for the public-facing side of his business that Warm himself lacked.
(c) Morris could help Warm refine the formula.
(d) Morris could get the Commodore to reconsider and fund Warm's expedition.

9. What color beard did the hotel manager say the man Morris left with have?
(a) Black.
(b) Gray.
(c) Brown.
(d) Red.

10. How did Warm say his father had died?
(a) He was poisoned.
(b) He was hit by a car.
(c) He killed himself with an ax.
(d) He drowned.

11. What was Warm's wife's name?
(a) Clara.
(b) Clarice.
(c) Eunice.
(d) Eleanor.

12. 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.

13. What was wrong with the coffee the prospector near Warm's claim made for Eli and Charlie?
(a) It was actually tea.
(b) It was burned.
(c) It was actually dirt.
(d) It was poisoned.

14. What did the owner at The Black Skull tell the Sisters brothers about Warm?
(a) He told them Warm had asked him to be his business partner but had left town without him.
(b) He told them Warm had killed his wife.
(c) He told them Warm had stolen from him.
(d) He told them Warm was his brother.

15. How did Warm perform a demonstration of his invention for Morris?
(a) He poured gold dust in a box of dirt and water and illuminated it with his special formula in Morris's hotel room.
(b) He put gold in Morris's hotel washbasin and shined a light on it.
(c) He took Morris to a swimming pool and illuminated some gold dust in it there.
(d) He took Morris to a river and demonstrated his formula there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color was the formula?

2. What did Charlie suggest giving to Tub before Eli washed his wound out with alcohol?

3. What color was the woman's dress and scrap of fabric she passed between her hands at The Black Skull?

4. What upset the stable hand so much when he and Eli tranquilized Tub?

5. What drink did Charlie and Eli have at the expensive restaurant in San Francisco?

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