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

2. Who threatened the Sisters brothers at Mayfield's hotel, and framed them for stealing the pelt?

3. How did Eli alter his dinner order in the restaurant in Jacksonville?

4. Who did the brothers discovered owned the horse they found in Part II?

5. What did Eli do with the money he got from Mayfield for the pelt?

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 did the boy with the wagons tell the Sisters Brothers about how he came to be alone?

3. What did Eli realize about how Charlie felt about killing the men whose tools he took to widen the window?

4. How did Eli feel looking at the dead prospector who had been poking him in his injured leg?

5. Who did Eli meet at Mayfield's hotel who helped him and warned him of the danger about to befall he and Charlie?

6. How did Eli come upon a horse that was free for the taking?

7. What did Charlie and Eli do to Mayfield after they killed the trappers?

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

9. 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?

10. Why did Charlie pull a gun on Doctor Watts, the dentist who lanced Eli's face?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Immediately following the episode at Mayfield's, Charlie reminisces with Eli about the day Charlie killed their father when they were children. What does this episode tell the reader about the brothers' history together? What does it explain about how they came to be assassins? Write an essay explaining your answer, using examples from the text.

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