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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the date of Peter’s first diary entry in Chapter Twenty-four?
(a) March 3, 2012.
(b) March 25, 1917.
(c) August 16, 1915.
(d) March 2, 1836.

2. How old is Eli when he meets the judge’s wife in Chapter Thirty-four?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 19.
(d) 22.

3. What year is Chapter Forty-nine set in?
(a) 1956.
(b) 2012.
(c) 1864.
(d) 1911.

4. How many cattle were living in Texas alone by the year 1865, according to Eli in Chapter Fifty-nine?
(a) 4 million.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 1 million.
(d) 2 million.

5. When is Chapter Thirty-one set?
(a) Fall of 1851.
(b) Spring of 1851.
(c) Summer of 1945.
(d) Spring of 1945.

6. How many years younger is Maria than Peter?
(a) 13.
(b) 11.
(c) 4.
(d) 8.

7. How much money does Peter learn that his family gave to Maria to leave in Chapter Fifty-one?
(a) $10,000.
(b) $100,000.
(c) $20,000.
(d) $5,000.

8. By what does slang term does Sally call Maria when she tells Peter she is coming to visit in Chapter Fifty-one?
(a) Conquistador.
(b) Bambino.
(c) Dolly.
(d) Pelado.

9. What food do the Comanches believe makes a person into a coward, according to Eli in Chapter Thirty-one?
(a) Beef.
(b) Pork.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Lamb.

10. When is Peter’s first diary entry dated in Chapter Thirty-three?
(a) April 6, 1917.
(b) June 25, 1917.
(c) November 1, 1915.
(d) August 16, 1915.

11. When does Eli McCullough describe a dozen Spanish cattle landing in the New World in Chapter Fifty-nine?
(a) 1521.
(b) 1498.
(c) 1598.
(d) 1600.

12. What arrives in the mail on the same day that Peter sends his sons to war in Chapter Twenty-four?
(a) A Lewis gun.
(b) A Tommy gun.
(c) A diamond necklace.
(d) A box of candy.

13. What is the name of Jeanne’s son that comes out as a gay man in Chapter Sixty?
(a) Andrew.
(b) Stephen.
(c) Paul.
(d) Thomas.

14. What is the date of Peter’s opening diary entry in Chapter Sixty-two?
(a) September 15, 1917.
(b) September 4, 1915.
(c) March 2, 1836.
(d) August 12, 1915.

15. What was the name of Maria’s father?
(a) Paulo Garcia.
(b) Pedro Garcia.
(c) Antun Garcia.
(d) Roberto Garcia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Eli join the Texas Rangers in Chapter Forty?

2. Who was the U.S. President when the U.S. entered World War I?

3. Who does Peter describe as renting out his pig stall for eighty dollars a week in Chapter Forty-five?

4. Who does Peter claim “has stopped tending his crops and is instead driving around on his tractor, charging ten dollars (a week’s wages) to pull stuck trucks out of bogholes in the drilling fields” in Chapter Forty-five?

5. Why does Maria say a curse was put on her family in Chapter Forty-two?

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