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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21 – 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Peter say was murdered in the night and his store looted in Chapter Nine?
(a) Amado Batista.
(b) Miles Wallace.
(c) Tom Whipple.
(d) Jonas McCullough.

2. Where does Jeanne say the Colonel wanted Jonas to attend college in Chapter Eleven?
(a) Sewannee.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Yale.
(d) Harvard.

3. What Indian tribe do the people belong to that have raided Eli’s home and kidnapped him in Chapter Four?
(a) Comanche.
(b) Navajo.
(c) Delaware.
(d) Apache.

4. How old was Jeanne’s mother when she died?
(a) Twenty-nine.
(b) Thirty-two.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Twenty-six.

5. What word used in the narrative refers to a cowboy or herdsman?
(a) Habanero.
(b) Dingo.
(c) Kotoseka.
(d) Vaquero.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eli describe as “the largest and wealthiest of all the Comanche bands” in Chapter Nineteen?

2. Who is the only person other than Jeanne McCullough that is named on Jeanne’s father’s will for receiving a share of the minerals?

3. How is Peter McCullough related to Jeanne McCullough?

4. What year is described by Jeanne in Chapter Twenty?

5. Who was the father of Jeanne’s children?

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