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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Phineas live in Chapter Twenty-six?
(a) Austin.
(b) Houston.
(c) Berlin.
(d) New York.

2. Who Ulises Garcia’s ancestor in the McCullough family?
(a) Phineas McCullough.
(b) Jonas McCullough.
(c) Charles McCullough.
(d) Peter McCullough.

3. How many members of Maria’s family were killed in the shootout that destroyed the Garcia home?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 11.
(d) 16.

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

5. 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?
(a) Niles Gilbert.
(b) Bill Hollis.
(c) Pedro Garcia.
(d) Grover Deshields.

6. 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.

7. What is the name of the troop leader that Eli convinces to conduct a raid on the Federals in Chapter Fifty-two?
(a) Toshaway.
(b) Tom Whipple.
(c) Hates Work.
(d) Flying Jacket.

8. Jeanne thinks to herself in Chapter Sixty, “Dead people did not have voices and this made them” what?
(a) Silent.
(b) Fearful.
(c) Irrelevant.
(d) Solitary.

9. What are the names of Jeanne’s grandsons?
(a) Paul and Philip.
(b) Clint and Peter.
(c) Dell and Ash.
(d) James and Jonas.

10. What U.S. President does Jeanne recall dying in Chapter Forty-one?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Teddy Roosevelt.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Woodrow Wilson.

11. What is the date of Peter’s first diary entry in Chapter Thirty-six?
(a) July 4, 1917.
(b) March 2, 1836.
(c) June 22, 1917.
(d) June 25, 1917.

12. What is the date of Peter’s first diary entry in Chapter Fifty-four?
(a) August 12, 1915.
(b) August 8, 1917.
(c) June 22, 1917.
(d) March 2, 1836.

13. Who does Hank believe will kill him if he becomes sexually involved with Jeanne in Chapter Thirty-two?
(a) Phineas.
(b) Peter.
(c) Clint.
(d) Eli.

14. Why does Maria say a curse was put on her family in Chapter Forty-two?
(a) Because her father killed a Christian prophet.
(b) Because her father married a witch.
(c) Because her uncle killed an Indian seer.
(d) Because her uncle was a thief.

15. When was the first oil well drilled in Iraq, according to the narrator in Chapter Thirty-five?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1927.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Eli recognize among the Indians that he is trailing with the Rangers in Chapter Forty-three?

2. Who helps Eli out of his legal problems in Chapter Forty?

3. What is the name of Jeanne’s son that comes out as a gay man in Chapter Sixty?

4. Where had Coffee Hays gone when he gave up Texas, according to Eli in Chapter Forty?

5. What year is Chapter Forty-nine set in?

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