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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did the boy with the wagons ask Charlie and Eli for?
2. Who did Eli meet at Mayfield's hotel who he took a fancy to?
3. What was the name of the bar Charlie and Eli frequented in their home city?
4. How did Eli alter his dinner order in the restaurant in Jacksonville?
5. What creature did Charlie kill to bring its pelt to Mayfield?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Why did Charlie ask Eli to have a chat with the boy before they set off on their journey again?
3. How did Eli come upon a horse that was free for the taking?
4. Why was Charlie so often sick and unable to travel?
5. Why were the Sisters brothers unsettled by the old woman in the cabin early on in their journey?
6. What was the trouble with the horses Eli references in the first chapter?
7. What change did the Commodore make to the job the Sisters Brothers were assigned to deal with Hermann Kermit Warm?
8. Why did Eli eventually have to cross the threshold of the old cabin even though he was afraid of the old woman's curse?
9. What did the boy with the wagons tell the Sisters Brothers about how he came to be alone?
10. Why did Eli ask the waiter in the restaurant in Jacksonville to cut down his meal portion and bring him more vegetables?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Do you think the peculiar girl's (from Intermissions I and II) assertions that Eli is a "protected man" are borne out as the novel progresses (143)? Write an essay explaining why or why not.
Essay Topic 2
deWitt often employs dry humor in dark situations, as when Eli Sisters is discussing ending his killing career with his brother (243). What purpose do you think this humor serves in a novel dealing largely with serious and tragic themes? Write an essay explaining your answer, using specific references and examples of deWitt's humorous language from the text.
Essay Topic 3
What do the various unnamed prospectors the Sisters Brothers meet on their journey reveal about life on the U.S. West Coast at the time of the California Gold Rush? Write an essay analyzing how deWitt uses the prospectors to help establish the setting of the story.
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