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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the brothers pass on the way out of San Francisco?
(a) A group of dead prospectors.
(b) A group of dead bears.
(c) A group of prostitutes.
(d) A dead, skinned and partially mutilated horse that had died the previous day.

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

3. What did the owner of the restaurant Warm took Morris to look like?
(a) He was dressed in trapper's furs.
(b) He had a full head of clean hair and wore a tuxedo.
(c) He wore the clothes of a prospector.
(d) He had an eye patch and no teeth.

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

5. When Eli got back to where they had left Tub in Part IV, what had become of his horse?
(a) Tub had found the strength to get up and flee.
(b) Tub had been stolen by a passerby.
(c) Tub had been shot by a passerby.
(d) Tub had fallen down a steep hill and died.

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

7. What was the first prospector the brothers met in San Francisco carrying under his arm?
(a) A briefcase.
(b) An umbrella.
(c) A bridle.
(d) A chicken.

8. 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.

9. What did the prospector who approached Eli and Charlie near Warm's claim ask of the brothers?
(a) To borrow some money.
(b) To borrow a gun.
(c) To borrow a horse.
(d) To borrow their fire to make some coffee.

10. What did the Sisters brothers do with the bodies of the dead prospectors at Warm's camp?
(a) They threw them in the river.
(b) They buried them.
(c) They burned them.
(d) They threw them in a ravine.

11. What did the hotel manager say Morris had left behind that she now had in her possession?
(a) A journal.
(b) A note for Charlie and Eli.
(c) Money.
(d) Suitcases.

12. How did the brothers communicate with the hotel manager from Morris's hotel room?
(a) Through an early intercom system.
(b) Via telephone.
(c) By speaking to her across the desk.
(d) Via walkie-talkie.

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

14. What drink did Charlie and Eli have at the expensive restaurant in San Francisco?
(a) Brandy.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Gin.
(d) Whisky.

15. What did Warm tell Eli his father had done for a living?
(a) He was a military man.
(b) He was an inventor.
(c) He was a chef.
(d) He was a butcher.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In his writings, how did Morris describe the way Warm had approached him for the first time?

3. What did Eli compare killing Warm and Morris to?

4. What did Warm tell Morris about how the Commodore had treated Warm?

5. What did Eli conclude and comment on to Charlie about the prospectors they had met on their journey?

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