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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Eli go to live with his stepmother in Chapter Thirty-four?
(a) Austin.
(b) Dallas.
(c) Bastrop.
(d) Houston.

2. Who is the boy that begins following Eli around town in Chapter Thirty-seven?
(a) Amado Batista.
(b) Tom Whipple.
(c) Miles Wallace.
(d) Bill Hollis.

3. Who does Peter describe as renting out his pig stall for eighty dollars a week in Chapter Forty-five?
(a) Pedro Garcia.
(b) Bill Hollis.
(c) Niles Gilbert.
(d) The Colonel.

4. What years are described in Chapter Forty-three?
(a) 1911-1913.
(b) 1856-1857.
(c) 1854-1855.
(d) 1901-1903.

5. Where had Coffee Hays gone when he gave up Texas, according to Eli in Chapter Forty?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) California.
(c) New York.
(d) Maryland.

6. How many times does the German girl say she became impregnated by the Indians in Chapter Thirty-one?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

7. What is the date of Peter’s first diary entry in Chapter Thirty?
(a) April 6, 1917.
(b) November 1, 1915.
(c) August 16, 1915.
(d) June 22, 1917.

8. How old does Eli say the Indian woman was that took his virginity in Chapter Thirty-four?
(a) 30.
(b) 40.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.

9. What is the name of the gun salesman that Eli’s company encounters during their raid in Chapter Fifty-two?
(a) Amado Batista.
(b) Tom Whipple.
(c) Miles Wallace.
(d) Busque.

10. What is Hank doing when he is killed in Chapter Forty-four?
(a) Bird hunting.
(b) Flying home.
(c) Boarding a train.
(d) Drilling oil.

11. Who is Jeanne’s business partner that has moved into Hank’s office in Chapter Forty-seven?
(a) Jonas McCullough.
(b) T.J. Block.
(c) Edna Hinnant.
(d) Tom Whipple.

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

13. In what year does Chapter Thirty-four begin?
(a) 1852.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1921.
(d) 2012.

14. 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.

15. On what date did the United States declare war upon Germany in World War I?
(a) July 4, 1917.
(b) March 3, 1912.
(c) March 10, 1916.
(d) April 6, 1917.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the narrative take place in Chapter Sixty-three?

2. What is Eli’s reply when Peter tells him in Chapter Fifty-one, “I’m embarrassed by you”?

3. 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?

4. What is the date of Peter’s opening diary entry in Chapter Sixty-two?

5. When is Peter’s first diary entry dated in Chapter Thirty-three?

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