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

2. Where did Jonas go to attend college after the Colonel’s death?
(a) A&M.
(b) Yale.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Harvard.

3. Who does Eli blame for the spread of smallpox and cholera in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) The forty-niners.
(b) The Indians.
(c) The Italian settlers.
(d) The German settlers.

4. What is the name of Eli’s sister?
(a) Marie.
(b) Ella.
(c) Susan.
(d) Lizzie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word used in the narrative refers to a cowboy or herdsman?

2. From what band is the Indian that Martin claims owns Eli in Chapter Four?

3. Who calls Jeanne to Austin to visit him in Chapter Twenty?

4. How many people from the tribe go with Toshaway in July for the largest raid the band has ever led in Chapter Nineteen?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Jeanne’s opinions of the Garcia family? How did Jeanne develop these opinions?

2. How does Jeanne perceive her father’s death?

3. How are Peter and Eli McCullough different in their outlooks and approaches to life?

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

5. What time period is Chapter Four set in? How old is Eli, and what position does he have within his family?

6. Why are homesteaders like Eli’s family in danger of raids? What has created these circumstances?

7. What is related about Eli McCullough’s early life in Chapter One? Why do you think this information is important?

8. How are the living conditions of the Indians described in Chapter Nineteen?

9. What concerns Jeanne the most as she faces her own death 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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