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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Who did Eli meet at Mayfield's hotel who he took a fancy to?
(a) A jewel thief.
(b) A prostitute.
(c) A pale bookkeeper.
(d) A chamber maid.

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

4. What did Eli suggest doing for the boy with the wagons after he regained consciousness?
(a) Killing him.
(b) Sharing their lunch with him.
(c) Beating him.
(d) Sending him off in the woods to die.

5. Why did Eli cross the threshold of the house with the string of beads?
(a) He had to go to the bathroom.
(b) A grizzly bear attacked Tub and he wanted to save the horse.
(c) He needed to get food.
(d) He wanted some fresh air.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Eli and the inn keeper do together when he went into her room?

3. How much money did the Sisters brothers let Mayfield keep out of Mayfield's own fortune?

4. How did Charlie get the tools he needed to cut a wider opening in the window of the shack?

5. What is the most frequent reason Charlie could not travel during the brothers' journey to San Francisco?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did Eli meet at Mayfield's hotel who helped him and warned him of the danger about to befall he and Charlie?

2. Why did Charlie ask Eli to have a chat with the boy before they set off on their journey again?

3. What was the trouble with the horses Eli references in the first chapter?

4. Why did Eli eventually have to cross the threshold of the old cabin even though he was afraid of the old woman's curse?

5. Why did Eli ask the waiter in the restaurant in Jacksonville to cut down his meal portion and bring him more vegetables?

6. What was the problem with the weeping man Charlie and Eli meet very soon after they set off for California?

7. Why were the Sisters brothers unsettled by the old woman in the cabin early on in their journey?

8. Why was Charlie so often sick and unable to travel?

9. What did Charlie and Eli do to Mayfield after they killed the trappers?

10. How did Eli feel looking at the dead prospector who had been poking him in his injured leg?

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