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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. How did the inn keeper react when Eli told her who he and Charlie were?
2. What did Charlie tell Eli and the boy the inn keeper's name was?
3. What did the doctor from the encampment give Eli that Eli was very impressed with throughout the book?
4. Who did the prospector say was willing to pay for special pelt of a specific animal?
5. Why did Eli change his mind and decide to keep Tub in Part II?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the trouble with the horses Eli references in the first chapter?
2. Why did Eli ask the waiter in the restaurant in Jacksonville to cut down his meal portion and bring him more vegetables?
3. Why did Eli tell Charlie he had dreams about becoming a shop keeper someday?
4. Why did Charlie pull a gun on Doctor Watts, the dentist who lanced Eli's face?
5. Why was Mayfield interested in and asking the Sisters brothers about a man with a limp in Oregon city?
6. What caused the injury to Eli's foot that he suffered early in the brothers' journey to California?
7. Why were the Sisters brothers unsettled by the old woman in the cabin early on in their journey?
8. How did Eli come upon a horse that was free for the taking?
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 try to break the tension with Charlie early on in their journey to California?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay exploring why Eli seems to act so rashly in firing his gun in the room the pale bookkeeper takes him to in order to protect him from the trappers at Mayfield's hotel (132). Use specific references from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
At the very beginning of their journey, Eli and Charlie come across a character known only as "the weeping man" (13). Though he makes brief conversation with the brothers and Eli tries to show him kindness, the reader never knows the source of his anguish. Write an essay exploring what the weeping man symbolizes at this point in the story.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay exploring what the she-bear Charlie kills and Eli skins to take to Mayfield for prize money symbolizes. Make sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your answer.
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