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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 was the name of the restaurant where Warm took Morris to tell him about his plan?

2. What did the owner at The Black Skull tell the Sisters brothers about Warm?

3. What did Warm tell Eli his father had done for a living?

4. How did the Sisters brothers decide to split the profits of the gold hunting with Warm and Morris?

5. Why did Eli and Charlie have to leave Tub behind as they approached Warm's claim?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Eli once again approach Warm and ask if he and Charlie could work with Warm and Morris?

2. What did the formula do to Morris and Warm the first time they had used it?

3. Why were there so many abandoned boats in the harbor at San Francisco?

4. Charlie and Eli met a prospector right before reaching Warm's claim. What is wrong with the prospector's coffee?

5. What did Charlie and Eli say to Warm while he was pointing his gun at them?

6. What state did the Sisters brothers find Henry Morris's hotel room in in San Francisco?

7. What did the Sisters brothers learn from reading Morris's journal?

8. What happened when Charlie and Eli were staking out Warm and Morris's camp at Warm's claim?

9. What gave away Morris and Warm's position when Eli and Charlie went back to their camp?

10. After reading Morris's journal, why do both Charlie and Eli have misgivings about going through with killing Warm for the Commodore?

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

The novel ends with the reunion of the Sisters Brothers and their mother. Did you interpret the ending as hopeful? Write an essay explaining why or why not, using specific references from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

How is Eli's reaction to his horse Tub's loss of an eye and his brother Charlie's loss of a hand similar? What do his reactions to both of these tragedies reveal about Eli's attitudes and character traits?

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