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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 was unusual about Eli's first sight of the harbor in San Francisco?
(a) There were no ships.
(b) There were dead men all around.
(c) There were many abandoned ships.
(d) There wes a terrible storm brewing.

2. What did Eli compare killing Warm and Morris to?
(a) Killing women and children.
(b) Killing their own brothers.
(c) Killing animals.
(d) Killing criminals.

3. What did Charlie and Morris do together on the morning after the Sisters brothers struck their deal with Morris and Warm?
(a) Hunted a bear.
(b) Went for a hike.
(c) Went for a swim.
(d) Found new horses.

4. Why did Eli and Charlie have to leave Tub behind as they approached Warm's claim?
(a) Tub got attacked by a raccoon.
(b) Tub drowned in the river.
(c) Tub broke his leg.
(d) Tub was too ill to continue.

5. How did Warm perform a demonstration of his invention for Morris?
(a) He took Morris to a swimming pool and illuminated some gold dust in it there.
(b) He put gold in Morris's hotel washbasin and shined a light on it.
(c) He took Morris to a river and demonstrated his formula there.
(d) He poured gold dust in a box of dirt and water and illuminated it with his special formula in Morris's hotel room.

Short Answer 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?

2. What did Eli try to convince Charlie to do over dinner at the expensive restaurant in San Francisco?

3. What was the owner of The Black Skull doing when Charlie and Eli went to ask him about Warm?

4. What did Eli conclude and comment on to Charlie about the prospectors they had met on their journey?

5. What did the owner at The Black Skull tell the Sisters brothers about Warm?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the stable hand in San Francisco tell Eli had to be done to Tub?

2. What did the formula do to Morris and Warm the first time they had used it?

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

4. What did Charlie and Eli give to Tub before splashing the alcohol in his eye socket?

5. What did the hotel manager tell the Sisters brothers Henry Morris had left behind, and why were they so desperate to get their hands on it?

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

7. What did Charlie and Eli say to Warm while he was pointing his gun at them?

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

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

10. What did Eli tell Charlie about their work together at their fancy dinner at The Golden Pearl in San Francisco?

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