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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 doctor from the encampment give Eli that Eli was very impressed with throughout the book?
2. What color is the horse Eli finds in their travels in Part II and decides to take as his own?
3. What did Charlie think the first time Eli persuaded him to try his toothbrush?
4. What position was Charlie to take on the Hermann Kermit Warm job?
5. What did Eli do with the money he got from Mayfield for the pelt?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Charlie and Eli do to Mayfield after they killed the trappers?
2. Why did Eli and Charlie kill the reddish-colored she-bear as they continued on their journey?
3. Who did Eli meet at Mayfield's hotel who helped him and warned him of the danger about to befall he and Charlie?
4. How did Eli treat the boy once he had surprisingly caught up with him and Charlie?
5. Why was Charlie so often sick and unable to travel?
6. Why were the Sisters brothers unsettled by the old woman in the cabin early on in their journey?
7. What did Charlie's treatment of the boy who as with the three wagons reveal about his character?
8. Why did Charlie ask Eli to have a chat with the boy before they set off on their journey again?
9. What was the problem with the weeping man Charlie and Eli meet very soon after they set off for California?
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
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?
Essay Topic 2
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 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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