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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 Warm do as he and the Sisters brothers moved closer to each other after Eli had once again proposed working together?
(a) Warm drew both his pistols.
(b) Warm yelled loudly.
(c) Warm whispered.
(d) Warm whistled.

2. How did Eli feel when Tub finally died?
(a) Eli felt relieved.
(b) Eli felt terribly sad.
(c) Eli felt angry.
(d) Eli felt happy.

3. What did the Sisters brothers see when they approached Warm and Morris's camp the second time?
(a) Morris killing Warm.
(b) A group of Indians robbing Warm and Morris.
(c) Warm killing Morris.
(d) The prospectors from down the river threatening Warm and Morris after Warm refused to sell them wine.

4. What type of animal became seasick on the ferry voyage?
(a) The pigs.
(b) The chickens.
(c) The horses.
(d) The cows.

5. What did Charlie tell Eli about riding Tub after Tub's surgery?
(a) Eli should get a new horse.
(b) It was too soon to ride Tub.
(c) Eli should push Tub harder so he would go faster.
(d) Eli should kill Tub.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Warm tell Eli his father had done for a living?

2. How did Warm catch Eli and Charlie off-guard as they approached Warm and Morris's camp at Warm's claim?

3. How did Warm say his father had died?

4. Why did the owner at The Black Skull tell the Sisters brothers he would not try to find Warm?

5. How did reading Morris's writings change Charlie's and Eli's feelings about killing Warm?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Eli once again approach Warm and ask if he and Charlie could work with Warm and Morris?

2. What happened when Charlie and Eli were staking out Warm and Morris's camp at Warm's claim?

3. What did Eli do that drew the stares of strangers as he and Charlie left San Francisco to find Warm's claim?

4. Charlie and Eli met a prospector right before reaching Warm's claim. What is wrong with the prospector's coffee?

5. What kind of game was the man with the patch engaging in when Eli and Charlie found him in his restaurant?

6. How did Eli feel after discovering that Tub had died?

7. What did Eli see as the brothers were leaving San Francisco, and how did he feel about the city as they left?

8. After reading Morris's journal, why do both Charlie and Eli have misgivings about going through with killing Warm for the Commodore?

9. What gave away Morris and Warm's position when Eli and Charlie went back to their camp?

10. What did the prospector tell Eli and Charlie about the camp of men they would pass on the way to Warm's claim?

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