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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 Charlie get the tools he needed to cut a wider opening in the window of the shack?
2. What was the name of the ranch hand in the duel that Charlie and Eli watched?
3. What color is the horse Eli finds in their travels in Part II and decides to take as his own?
4. What did the inn keeper tell Eli that hurt his feelings?
5. Who did the brothers discovered owned the horse they found in Part II?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the problem with the weeping man Charlie and Eli meet very soon after they set off for California?
2. How did Eli come upon a horse that was free for the taking?
3. How did Eli treat the boy once he had surprisingly caught up with him and Charlie?
4. What caused the injury to Eli's foot that he suffered early in the brothers' journey to California?
5. Why did Eli tell Charlie he had dreams about becoming a shop keeper someday?
6. What change did the Commodore make to the job the Sisters Brothers were assigned to deal with Hermann Kermit Warm?
7. Why was Mayfield interested in and asking the Sisters brothers about a man with a limp in Oregon city?
8. 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?
9. What did the boy with the wagons tell the Sisters Brothers about how he came to be alone?
10. How did Eli feel looking at the dead prospector who had been poking him in his injured leg?
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
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
How does the imagery in the first section, "Trouble With the Horses," set the tone for the rest of the book, especially the description of Eli's and Charlie's horses? Write an essay analyzing the imagery in the first three chapters, pages 5 - 15, using specific examples from the text.
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