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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 color was the formula?
2. What color beard did the hotel manager say the man Morris left with have?
3. What did Charlie and Eli conclude about Henry Morris's character?
4. Why did Warm tell Morris he wanted Morris to go into business with him?
5. What did Morris tell Warm he had to do to the Sisters brothers?
Short Essay Questions
1. What gave away Morris and Warm's position when Eli and Charlie went back to their camp?
2. What did Charlie and Eli say to Warm while he was pointing his gun at them?
3. Why were there so many abandoned boats in the harbor at San Francisco?
4. 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?
5. What did Eli see as the brothers were leaving San Francisco, and how did he feel about the city as they left?
6. What did Charlie and Eli give to Tub before splashing the alcohol in his eye socket?
7. What possible option did Charlie and Eli discuss that did not involve killing Warm and Morris?
8. What did the formula do to Morris and Warm the first time they had used it?
9. How did the Sisters brothers eventually get the hotel manager to give them Morris's journal?
10. What happened when Charlie and Eli were staking out Warm and Morris's camp at Warm's claim?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does Eli hear his brother Charlie saying about him as he talks to himself in the bathtub and what effect does it have on Eli (57 - 8)? Write an essay exploring the difference between the relationship Eli would like to have with his brother and the one he actually has with his brother Charlie.
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 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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