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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How is Eli McCullough related to Jeanne McCullough?
(a) Eli is Jeanne's father.
(b) Eli is Jeanne's great-uncle.
(c) Eli is Jeanne’s great-grandfather.
(d) Eli is Jeanne's grandfather.

3. What year is described by Eli in Chapter Thirteen?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1850.

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

5. What battle did Paul McCullough die while fighting?
(a) The Bougainville Campaign.
(b) The Battle of the Bulge.
(c) The Battle of Kursk.
(d) The Battle of Qarqar.

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

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

8. Who does Eli blame for the spread of smallpox and cholera in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) The Indians.
(b) The forty-niners.
(c) The German settlers.
(d) The Italian settlers.

9. About how much money do the McCulloughs pay for the Garcias’ land?
(a) $10,000.
(b) $200,000.
(c) $40,000.
(d) $104,000.

10. Who calls Jeanne to Austin to visit him in Chapter Twenty?
(a) Jonas.
(b) Phineas.
(c) Eli.
(d) Owen Wister.

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

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

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

14. What people does Toshaway say were leading the white men that attacked his tribe in Chapter Twenty-two?
(a) Comanche Indians.
(b) Cherokee Indians.
(c) Lipan Indians.
(d) Apache Indians.

15. What Indian departs with Eli’s mother’s scalp in Chapter Seven?
(a) Tiehteti.
(b) Charges the Enemy.
(c) Toshaway.
(d) Urwat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Clint McCullough die?

2. What is the date of the first diary entry by Peter in Chapter Twenty-one?

3. What is the date of Peter’s first diary entry in Chapter Twelve?

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

5. What is Eli McCullough’s nickname in the novel?

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