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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrative of Chapter One is transcribed from a WPA Recording in what year?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1942.

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

3. Who has been shot (presumably by the Garcias) in Chapter Six?
(a) Jonas.
(b) Phineas.
(c) Clint.
(d) Glenn.

4. What is the name of the Indian that owns Martin after the raid in Chapter Four?
(a) Kotoseka.
(b) Yellow Hair.
(c) Tiehteti.
(d) Urwat.

5. What is the date of Peter’s first diary entry in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) August 12, 1915.
(b) March 10, 1916.
(c) November 1, 1915.
(d) March 2, 1836.

6. Over how many of Eli’s fellow tribe members are killed during the big raid in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) 150.
(b) 56.
(c) 260.
(d) 30.

7. 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?
(a) Clint McCullough.
(b) Phineas McCullough.
(c) Eli McCullough.
(d) Jonas McCullough.

8. How old is Jeanne McCullough as she lay on the floor of her home in Chapter Two?
(a) 77.
(b) 91.
(c) 86.
(d) 69.

9. Where did Jonas go to attend college after the Colonel’s death?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Yale.
(c) A&M.
(d) Princeton.

10. What does Eli say the Indians use the books looted from their home for in Chapter Four?
(a) To stuff their shields with.
(b) To burn.
(c) To read.
(d) To give to the children in the village.

11. 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) Grey Wolf.
(b) Charges the Enemy.
(c) Hates Work.
(d) Soft Talker.

12. What does Eli describe as “the largest and wealthiest of all the Comanche bands” in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) The Kotoseka.
(b) The Dakota.
(c) The Penateka.
(d) The Klamath.

13. What is the name of Eli’s older brother?
(a) James.
(b) Martin.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Edward.

14. What is Eli McCullough’s nickname in the novel?
(a) The Colonel.
(b) Papa Bear.
(c) The Captain.
(d) The Conquistador.

15. What is the name that the Indians give to Eli McCullough during his captivity?
(a) Kotoseka.
(b) Tiehteti.
(c) Urwat.
(d) Toshaway.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Peter describe a raid on a train by sixty insurgents in Chapter Eighteen?

2. What are the names of Peter’s two sons?

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

4. What is done with Martin’s body after he is killed in Chapter Four?

5. When is Chapter Twenty-three set?

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