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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. When Eli got back to where they had left Tub in Part IV, what had become of his horse?
2. What did Eli tell Charlie he thought about the prospectors whose camp they passed on the way to Warm's claim?
3. What was the phrase that Morris used to describe the effects of Warm's formula?
4. What was Charlie's habit prior to the completion of an assignment from the Commodore?
5. What did the prospector tell Charlie and Eli about the camp of men they would pass on their way to Warm's claim?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did the formula do to Morris and Warm the first time they had used it?
2. What did the Sisters brothers learn from reading Morris's journal?
3. When Eli and Charlie were discussing how they would carry out the job on Warm, what did Eli say that surprised Charlie?
4. What state did the Sisters brothers find Henry Morris's hotel room in in San Francisco?
5. What did the stable hand in San Francisco tell Eli had to be done to Tub?
6. What gave away Morris and Warm's position when Eli and Charlie went back to their camp?
7. What kind of game was the man with the patch engaging in when Eli and Charlie found him in his restaurant?
8. What did Eli do that drew the stares of strangers as he and Charlie left San Francisco to find Warm's claim?
9. What did Charlie and Eli give to Tub before splashing the alcohol in his eye socket?
10. How did Eli and Charlie escape from Warm even though he had his gun pointed at them?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Eli describes his working with Charlie, Eli and Morris collecting gold from the River of Light as the happiest he would ever be as long as he lives. Afterwards, he comes to believe that men are "not meant to have access to this kind of satisfaction" (294). What do you think Eli means by this statement and what happens after this point in the novel that makes him feel that way?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay exploring what the she-bear Charlie kills and Eli skins to take to Mayfield for prize money symbolizes. Make sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your answer.
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