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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. How much money did the Sisters brothers steal from Mayfield in gold?
(a) About $30,000.
(b) About $1,500.
(c) About $50,000.
(d) About $3,000.

2. How did the inn keeper react when Eli told her who he and Charlie were?
(a) She rapidly left the room.
(b) She was impressed.
(c) She began crying.
(d) She was angry.

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

4. What did Charlie say would likely become of Tub when Eli sold him?
(a) A farmer would buy him.
(b) He would become a pet for a child.
(c) He would work transporting medicine for a doctor.
(d) Stew meat.

5. What was the matter with the boy's horse in Part II?
(a) The horse was missing shoes.
(b) The horse was missing an eye.
(c) The horse only had one ear.
(d) The horse was small and sickly looking and had no saddle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Eli meet at Mayfield's hotel who he took a fancy to?

2. What did Charlie tell Eli and the boy the inn keeper's name was?

3. How did Eli feel when they left the boy at the stream in Part II?

4. How did Eli alter his dinner order in the restaurant in Jacksonville?

5. What flavor of pie was Eli's favorite?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the boy with the wagons tell the Sisters Brothers about how he came to be alone?

2. How did Eli try to break the tension with Charlie early on in their journey to California?

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

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

5. Why did Charlie pull a gun on Doctor Watts, the dentist who lanced Eli's face?

6. What change did the Commodore make to the job the Sisters Brothers were assigned to deal with Hermann Kermit Warm?

7. How did Eli come upon a horse that was free for the taking?

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

9. What happened between Eli and the female innkeeper where he and Charlie stopped for the night early in the journey?

10. How did Eli treat the boy once he had surprisingly caught up with him and Charlie?

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