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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 had happened to make the boy with the wagons fall on hard times?
2. How much did Mayfield pay the Sisters brothers for the pelt?
3. What position was Charlie to take on the Hermann Kermit Warm job?
4. What did Eli buy at the clothing store where Eli got an entire new outfit?
5. What did Eli and the inn keeper do together when he went into her room?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Eli realize about how Charlie felt about killing the men whose tools he took to widen the window?
2. Why were the Sisters brothers unsettled by the old woman in the cabin early on in their journey?
3. Why did Eli ask the waiter in the restaurant in Jacksonville to cut down his meal portion and bring him more vegetables?
4. How did Eli try to break the tension with Charlie early on in their journey to California?
5. What was the trouble with the horses Eli references in the first chapter?
6. How did Eli come upon a horse that was free for the taking?
7. What caused the injury to Eli's foot that he suffered early in the brothers' journey to California?
8. What did Charlie's treatment of the boy who as with the three wagons reveal about his character?
9. Who did Eli meet at Mayfield's hotel who helped him and warned him of the danger about to befall he and Charlie?
10. How did Eli treat the boy once he had surprisingly caught up with him and Charlie?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Eli describes his working with Charlie, Eli and Morris collecting gold from the River of Light as the happiest he would ever be as long as he lives. Afterwards, he comes to believe that men are "not meant to have access to this kind of satisfaction" (294). What do you think Eli means by this statement and what happens after this point in the novel that makes him feel that way?
Essay Topic 2
The novel ends with the reunion of the Sisters Brothers and their mother. Did you interpret the ending as hopeful? Write an essay explaining why or why not, using specific references from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Why does Eli change his mind at the last minute and keep Tub instead of trading him in for the far superior black horse? Write an essay exploring this change of heart and what it says about Eli's core character traits.
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