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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the date of Peter’s first diary entry in Chapter Fifteen?
(a) September 4, 1915.
(b) April 6, 1917.
(c) June 25, 1917.
(d) March 2, 1836.

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

3. Who is described in Chapter Eighteen as “a younger version of the Colonel, the pinnacle of manly attainment”?
(a) Jonas.
(b) Peter.
(c) Tom.
(d) Phineas.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the date of Peter’s first diary entry in Chapter Twelve?

3. When is Chapter Twenty-two set?

4. How is Eli McCullough related to Jeanne McCullough?

5. How many horses does Eli’s tribe take from the Mexican village that they raid in Chapter Twenty-two?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Colonel and Charles differ in their viewpoints about their land and future?

2. What information does Phineas present to Jeanne when she visits him in Austin in Chapter Twenty?

3. What are Jeanne’s perceptions of her classmates at the girl’s boarding school in Chapter Seventeen?

4. What items are taken when Eli’s family’s home is ambushed by the Indians in Chapter Four? Why are they taken?

5. How are the circumstances of Eli’s Indian tribe described in 1851 in Chapter Twenty-two?

6. What prompts Jeanne’s decision to side with Phineas in Chapter Twenty?

7. How is Peter’s relationship with the Garcia family illustrated in Chapter Three?

8. What gender biases does Jeanne face growing up, as seen in Chapters Fourteen through Seventeen?

9. What information is related regarding Jeanne’s mother in Chapter Five?

10. How does the McCullough family’s acquisition of the Garcias’ land impact the community in Chapter Eighteen? How does Peter feel about the acquisition?

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