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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Peter McCullough related to Jeanne McCullough?
(a) Peter is Jeanne's great-grandfather.
(b) Peter is Jeanne's father.
(c) Peter is Jeanne's cousin.
(d) Peter is Jeanne’s grandfather.

2. What is the German captive called among the Comanches of Eli’s tribe?
(a) Yellow Hair.
(b) Hates Work.
(c) Talks Softly.
(d) Desert Flower.

3. About how many men accompany the McCulloughs when they go to confront the Garcias in Chapter Six?
(a) 30.
(b) 50.
(c) 70.
(d) 20.

4. Who burns the Garcias’ house and their important papers in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Jeanne McCullough.
(b) Eli McCullough.
(c) Jonas McCullough.
(d) Peter McCullough.

5. How did Jeanne’s mother die?
(a) She died from AIDS.
(b) She died in childbirth.
(c) She died in a car accident.
(d) She was shot.

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

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

8. What is the name of Jeanne McCullough’s daughter?
(a) Ella.
(b) Susan.
(c) Sally.
(d) Marie.

9. What is the name of the boy that was kidnapped and killed by Indians a month before the raid on Eli’s family’s home?
(a) Amado Batista.
(b) Owen Wister.
(c) Miles Wallace.
(d) Tom Whipple.

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

11. What year is described in the beginning of Chapter Ten?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1849.
(c) 1844.
(d) 1863.

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

13. How many people from the tribe go with Toshaway in July for the largest raid the band has ever led in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) 50.
(b) 200.
(c) 300.
(d) 100.

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

15. How much money does Jeanne deposit into the account that she opens at the age of twelve in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) $10,000.
(b) $5,000.
(c) $20,000.
(d) $500.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the Colonel die, according to Jeanne in Chapter Seventeen?

2. What is the name of Jeanne McCullough’s eldest brother?

3. How old is Jeanne in the flashback where the Colonel is ninety-eight in Chapter Five?

4. How many bedrooms are described in Jeanne McCullough’s home in Chapter Two?

5. What is the name of the Indian that owns Martin after the raid in Chapter Four?

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