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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Eli feed Tub on the ferry?
(a) Apples.
(b) Whisky.
(c) Barley.
(d) Oatmeal.

2. 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 whistled.
(b) Warm whispered.
(c) Warm drew both his pistols.
(d) Warm yelled loudly.

3. What did Eli tell Charlie just before they left San Francisco for Sacramento to find Warm and Morris?
(a) He was going to kill the Commodore next.
(b) He was dying of cancer.
(c) This would be his last job.
(d) He was going to kill Warm and Morris alone.

4. What did Charlie and Morris do together on the morning after the Sisters brothers struck their deal with Morris and Warm?
(a) Went for a hike.
(b) Found new horses.
(c) Went for a swim.
(d) Hunted a bear.

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

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

7. What did Charlie tell Eli about riding Tub after Tub's surgery?
(a) Eli should kill Tub.
(b) Eli should push Tub harder so he would go faster.
(c) It was too soon to ride Tub.
(d) Eli should get a new horse.

8. What did Charlie suggest giving to Tub before Eli washed his wound out with alcohol?
(a) Oats.
(b) Apples.
(c) Some of the numbing medication he had stolen from the dentist.
(d) Cocaine.

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

10. What did Warm tell Morris about how the Commodore had treated Warm?
(a) Warm told Morris the Commodore had been angry with Warm at first but now he was willing to see if Warm's formula would really work.
(b) Warm told Morris the Commodore was happy to fund his project and they were good business partners.
(c) Warm told Morris he had indeed stolen from the Commodore and that the Commodore had forgiven Warm.
(d) Warm told Morris the Commodore had tried to kill him when he would not give the Commodore the recipe for the formula.

11. What did Charlie and Eli discuss openly for the first time together on the way to Sacramento?
(a) Killing the Commodore.
(b) Selling drugs.
(c) Opening a shop together.
(d) Parting ways.

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

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

14. In his writings, how did Morris describe the way Warm had approached him for the first time?
(a) Morris said Warm had been sad.
(b) Morris said warm had been angry and abusive.
(c) Morris said Warm had been smooth and charming.
(d) Morris said Warm had been drunk and had smelled terrible.

15. Why did the owner at The Black Skull tell the Sisters brothers he would not try to find Warm?
(a) He was too ill to go after him.
(b) He was too poor to go after him.
(c) He was too busy at the restaurant to go after him.
(d) He had thought Warm was his friend, and now he was disappointed to find out he was not a true friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Eli got back to where they had left Tub in Part IV, what had become of his horse?

2. What did the stable hand tell Eli and Charlie would be best for Tub after the surgery?

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

4. How did the Sisters brothers manage to escape from Warm upon their first meeting?

5. What did the prospector tell Charlie and Eli about the camp of men they would pass on their way to Warm's claim?

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