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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. When does Eli McCullough describe a dozen Spanish cattle landing in the New World in Chapter Fifty-nine?
(a) 1600.
(b) 1521.
(c) 1498.
(d) 1598.

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

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

4. Where is Jonas living in Chapter Twenty-six?
(a) New York.
(b) Austin.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Houston.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Jeanne describe her feelings about motherhood in Chapter Thirty-eight?

5. In what year does Chapter Thirty-four begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Jeanne’s relationship with motherhood, as seen in Chapter Thirty-eight. Does Jeanne enjoy being a mother?

2. Why does Peter express unhappiness about the discovery of oil on his family’s land?

3. What irony can be seen in Prairie Flower’s death in Chapter Twenty-eight?

4. What events and circumstances lead Eli to the cattle industry in Chapter Fifty-five?

5. What leads up to Eli’s arrest in Chapter Thirty-seven? Who turns Eli in?

6. What are Jeanne’s perceptions of the “Honey Hunt” she attends in Chapter Fifty-three?

7. Discuss Eli’s views of slavery in the novel. How are these views illustrated when he joins the Civil War efforts?

8. What does Eli gain from the raid in Chapter Fifty-two? What do the Indians gain?

9. How does Jeanne come to be knocked unconscious in Chapter Sixty-nine?

10. How does Eli return from Indian captivity to civilization in Chapter Thirty-one?

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