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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Peter’s wife go after their sons leave for the war in Chapter Twenty-four?
(a) Houston.
(b) New York.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Dallas.

2. What unit does Eli sign up with during the U.S. Civil War?
(a) The Confederate Navy.
(b) The Union Navy.
(c) The Mounted Rifles.
(d) The Union Army.

3. What is the name of Judge Black’s daughter that Eli becomes involved with romantically in Chapter Forty-six?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Emily.
(c) Sally.
(d) Madeline.

4. How old was Ulises Garcia when his father died?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Two.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Six.

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

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

7. When does Eli say that their commission as Rangers ran out in Chapter Forty-six?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1860.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1902.

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

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

10. Who helps Eli out of his legal problems in Chapter Forty?
(a) Judge Wilbarger.
(b) Amado Batista.
(c) Judge Black.
(d) Owen Wister.

11. What is the date of Peter’s first diary entry in Chapter Forty-five?
(a) April 6, 1917.
(b) July 4, 1917.
(c) March 2, 1836.
(d) July 22, 1917.

12. How much money does the narrator says Sullivan and Rodriguez make in a year together in Chapter Thirty-five?
(a) Less than $1,000.
(b) Less than $500.
(c) Less than $5,000.
(d) Less than $3,000.

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

14. What does Mountain of Rocks ask Eli to leave him when he is traded to the Comancheros in Chapter Thirty-one?
(a) His vest.
(b) His bracelet.
(c) His Colt Navy.
(d) His bow and arrow.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of the novel The Virginian?

2. By what name does Eli refer to a hanging in the beginning of Chapter Forty?

3. On what date did the United States declare war upon Germany in World War I?

4. What arrives in the mail on the same day that Peter sends his sons to war in Chapter Twenty-four?

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

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