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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 Eli see at the duel that upset him?

2. What kind of liquor did both Charlie and Eli drink most often?

3. What did Williams do in the duel that was shameful?

4. What was the matter with the boy's horse in Part II?

5. How much money did the Sisters brothers let Mayfield keep out of Mayfield's own fortune?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Charlie ask Eli to have a chat with the boy before they set off on their journey again?

2. What was the trouble with the horses Eli references in the first chapter?

3. What caused the injury to Eli's foot that he suffered early in the brothers' journey to California?

4. What change did the Commodore make to the job the Sisters Brothers were assigned to deal with Hermann Kermit Warm?

5. Why was Mayfield interested in and asking the Sisters brothers about a man with a limp in Oregon city?

6. What happened between Eli and the female innkeeper where he and Charlie stopped for the night early in the journey?

7. Why was Charlie so often sick and unable to travel?

8. Why were the Sisters brothers unsettled by the old woman in the cabin early on in their journey?

9. Why did Eli ask the waiter in the restaurant in Jacksonville to cut down his meal portion and bring him more vegetables?

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

How does the Sisters Brothers' episode at Mayfield's - killing the trappers and stealing Mayfield's fortune after being falsely accused of stealing - highlight the strength of their bond despite all their differences?

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