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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word used in the narrative refers to a cowboy or herdsman?
(a) Vaquero.
(b) Dingo.
(c) Kotoseka.
(d) Habanero.

2. Peter compares himself to what figure from Greek mythology in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Ares.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Prometheus.
(d) Demeter.

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

4. Chapter Four begins in the spring of what year?
(a) 1841.
(b) 1849.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1856.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. 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.

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

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eli say the Indians use the books looted from their home for in Chapter Four?

2. When is Chapter Twenty-three set?

3. What year is described by Eli in Chapter Thirteen?

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

5. What is the date of Peter’s first diary entry in Chapter Eighteen?

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