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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 Charlie steal from the doctor who patched up Eli?
2. Who did the Sisters brothers think the old woman at the shack was?
3. What injury did Eli's horse Tub sustain as he was tied up at the shack with the string of beads?
4. What did Eli suggest doing for the boy with the wagons after he regained consciousness?
5. Who was the boy with the grouping of wagons waiting for?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened between Eli and the female innkeeper where he and Charlie stopped for the night early in the journey?
2. How did Eli try to break the tension with Charlie early on in their journey to California?
3. Why were the Sisters brothers unsettled by the old woman in the cabin early on in their journey?
4. Who did Eli meet at Mayfield's hotel who helped him and warned him of the danger about to befall he and Charlie?
5. How did Eli treat the boy once he had surprisingly caught up with him and Charlie?
6. What was the problem with the weeping man Charlie and Eli meet very soon after they set off for California?
7. What was the trouble with the horses Eli references in the first chapter?
8. What did Eli realize about how Charlie felt about killing the men whose tools he took to widen the window?
9. Why did Eli tell Charlie he had dreams about becoming a shop keeper someday?
10. What did Charlie and Eli do to Mayfield after they killed the trappers?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does Eli hear his brother Charlie saying about him as he talks to himself in the bathtub and what effect does it have on Eli (57 - 8)? Write an essay exploring the difference between the relationship Eli would like to have with his brother and the one he actually has with his brother Charlie.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
What surprises Eli about the Commodore in his last moments before Eli kills him? What Eli say he had wanted to happen when he killed the Commodore, and why do you think it was important to him?
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