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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the diary entry dated that comprises Chapter Six?
(a) August 12, 1915.
(b) July 4, 1917.
(c) September 4, 1915.
(d) April 6, 1917.

3. What is the name of Peter’s wife?
(a) Ella.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Susan.
(d) Sally.

4. What nickname does Eli’s father call their neighbor who has his horses stolen in Chapter Four?
(a) Shorty Poe.
(b) Smallpox Poe.
(c) Syphilis Poe.
(d) Gangster Poe.

5. What is the date of Peter McCullough’s first diary entry in Chapter Three?
(a) August 10, 1915.
(b) September 4, 1915.
(c) August 16, 1915.
(d) June 22, 1917.

6. What year is described by Jeanne in Chapter Twenty?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1942.

7. When is Chapter Twenty-two set?
(a) Fall of 1851.
(b) Spring of 1945.
(c) Spring of 1851.
(d) Summer of 1945.

8. What is Peter’s diary entry dated in Chapter Nine?
(a) March 2, 1836.
(b) August 13, 1915.
(c) March 10, 1916.
(d) September 4, 1915.

9. What is the name of the man that Prairie Flower is romantically involved with when she begins an affair with Eli in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Charges the Enemy.
(b) Hates Work.
(c) Grey Wolf.
(d) Soft Talker.

10. Toshaway tells Eli in Chapter Ten that the white people “all want to be rich, same as we do, but they do not admit to themselves that you only get rich by” doing what?
(a) Worshiping the land.
(b) Dying.
(c) Taking things from other people.
(d) Killing the weak.

11. How many .30-caliber rounds does the Lewis gun fire per second that Eli’s family orders in Chapter Twenty-one?
(a) 20.
(b) 5.
(c) 30.
(d) 10.

12. When was the Declaration of Texas Independence from Mexico ratified?
(a) August 10, 1915.
(b) March 25, 1917.
(c) March 2, 1836.
(d) March 10, 1916.

13. What year is it when William Blount and his sons disappear from their farm near the McCullough ranch?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1956.

14. Who is described in Chapter Eighteen as “a younger version of the Colonel, the pinnacle of manly attainment”?
(a) Phineas.
(b) Tom.
(c) Jonas.
(d) Peter.

15. What is the date of Peter’s first diary entry in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) June 25, 1917.
(b) September 4, 1915.
(c) April 6, 1917.
(d) March 2, 1836.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much money does Jeanne deposit into the account that she opens at the age of twelve in Chapter Fourteen?

3. What is the German captive called among the Comanches of Eli’s tribe?

4. Who calls Jeanne to Austin to visit him in Chapter Twenty?

5. What is the name of Prairie Flower’s sister in the novel?

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