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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 cousin.
(c) Peter is Jeanne’s grandfather.
(d) Peter is Jeanne's father.

2. Who is the narrator of Chapter One?
(a) Jonas McCullough.
(b) Eli McCullough.
(c) Peter McCullough.
(d) Jeanne McCullough.

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

4. Where does Peter describe a raid on a train by sixty insurgents in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Olmito.
(b) Montgomery.
(c) Little Rock.
(d) Dallas.

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

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

7. 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) Grey Wolf.
(c) Hates Work.
(d) Soft Talker.

8. How many people does Peter say Pancho Villa killed across the border in New Mexico in Chapter Twenty-one?
(a) 20.
(b) 30.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

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

10. 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.

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

12. 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) Dying.
(b) Worshiping the land.
(c) Killing the weak.
(d) Taking things from other people.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the date of Peter’s first diary entry in Chapter Fifteen?

2. From whose perspective is Chapter Eight related?

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

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

5. The Indian that Eli kills in Chapter Thirteen is from what tribe?

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