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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 did Charlie and Eli think the Indian in Part II had died?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Beating.
(c) Organ failure.
(d) Gunshot wound.

2. What did Eli and the inn keeper do together when he went into her room?
(a) Had sex.
(b) Exchanged addresses.
(c) Brushed their teeth.
(d) Kissed.

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

4. What did the old woman at the shack leave behind when she disappeared during the night?
(a) A string of beads across the threshold the brothers take as a sign of a curse.
(b) A bag of gold.
(c) A pot of tea.
(d) A horse.

5. How did Eli alter his dinner order in the restaurant in Jacksonville?
(a) He asked for a smaller portion with more vegetables.
(b) He asked for something higher in fat.
(c) He asked for more eggs.
(d) He asked for more meat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the inn keeper tell Eli that hurt his feelings?

3. What did Charlie think the first time Eli persuaded him to try his toothbrush?

4. Who caught up with the Sisters brothers at the stream right after Charlie tried Eli's toothbrush?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Eli tell Charlie he had dreams about becoming a shop keeper someday?

2. What caused the injury to Eli's foot that he suffered early in the brothers' 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 were the Sisters brothers unsettled by the old woman in the cabin early on in their journey?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What did Charlie's treatment of the boy who as with the three wagons reveal about his character?

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