|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What city was the Commodore's mansion in?
(a) Oregon City.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) New York City.
2. How much money did the Sisters brothers let Mayfield keep out of Mayfield's own fortune?
(a) $100.
(b) $1,000.
(c) $2,000.
(d) $500.
3. What did Eli give to the boy with the wagons as the Sisters brothers left the stream?
(a) His share of the gold they had taken from the dead prospector.
(b) Extra food.
(c) Paper money.
(d) A warm blanket.
4. What did Charlie say would likely become of Tub when Eli sold him?
(a) He would work transporting medicine for a doctor.
(b) Stew meat.
(c) A farmer would buy him.
(d) He would become a pet for a child.
5. What happened when the boy began to ride with the Sisters brothers in Part II?
(a) He got shot at by prospectors.
(b) He fell behind immediately.
(c) His horse died.
(d) He fell off his horse.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Eli see at the duel that upset him?
2. What kind of illness overcame Eli right after he recovered from the venomous bite?
3. Who did the Sisters brothers think the old woman at the shack was?
4. Why did Eli cross the threshold of the house with the string of beads?
5. What did Eli and the inn keeper do together when he went into her room?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Charlie pull a gun on Doctor Watts, the dentist who lanced Eli's face?
2. Why did Eli ask the waiter in the restaurant in Jacksonville to cut down his meal portion and bring him more vegetables?
3. How did Eli know that Charlie was about to break some bad news to him after they left the Commodore's mansion and went to the Pig-King to drink?
4. Why did Charlie ask Eli to have a chat with the boy before they set off on their journey again?
5. Who did Eli meet at Mayfield's hotel who helped him and warned him of the danger about to befall he and Charlie?
6. How did Eli try to break the tension with Charlie early on in their journey to California?
7. What was the problem with the weeping man Charlie and Eli meet very soon after they set off for California?
8. What did Charlie and Eli do to Mayfield after they killed the trappers?
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 feel looking at the dead prospector who had been poking him in his injured leg?
|
This section contains 1,028 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
|



