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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 say to Warm to try to dissuade him from shooting him and Charlie?

2. What was the name of the ferry Charlie and Eli boarded after leaving San Francisco?

3. What did Charlie tell Eli about riding Tub after Tub's surgery?

4. How did Warm get away from the Commodore at their last meeting?

5. In his writings, how did Morris describe the way Warm had approached him for the first time?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kind of game was the man with the patch engaging in when Eli and Charlie found him in his restaurant?

3. When Eli and Charlie were discussing how they would carry out the job on Warm, what did Eli say that surprised Charlie?

4. How did the Sisters brothers eventually get the hotel manager to give them Morris's journal?

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

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

7. What did the stable hand in San Francisco tell Eli had to be done to Tub?

8. What did Eli tell Charlie about their work together at their fancy dinner at The Golden Pearl in San Francisco?

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

10. What did the hotel manager tell the Sisters brothers Henry Morris had left behind, and why were they so desperate to get their hands on it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do the various unnamed prospectors the Sisters Brothers meet on their journey reveal about life on the U.S. West Coast at the time of the California Gold Rush? Write an essay analyzing how deWitt uses the prospectors to help establish the setting of the story.

Essay Topic 2

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.

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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