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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. Where does Eli join the Texas Rangers in Chapter Forty?
(a) Montgomery.
(b) Louisville.
(c) Fredericksburg.
(d) Dallas.
2. Where does Eli go to live with his stepmother in Chapter Thirty-four?
(a) Austin.
(b) Houston.
(c) Dallas.
(d) Bastrop.
3. Who comes to the jail to give Eli a lecture on morality in Chapter Thirty-four?
(a) Judge Black.
(b) Judge Wilbarger.
(c) Judge Wilson.
(d) Sheriff Van Zandt.
4. What do the vaqueros claim is ruining the cattle, according to Peter’s diary entry in Chapter Thirty?
(a) The bad oats.
(b) The noise of the airplanes.
(c) The noise of drilling.
(d) The noise of the train.
5. What is the date of Peter’s first diary entry in Chapter Forty-five?
(a) July 22, 1917.
(b) April 6, 1917.
(c) July 4, 1917.
(d) March 2, 1836.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where is Jonas living in Chapter Twenty-six?
2. How many years younger is Maria than Peter?
3. How old does Eli say the Indian woman was that took his virginity in Chapter Thirty-four?
4. Where do the Pinkards move in Chapter Twenty-seven?
5. How many members of Maria’s family were killed in the shootout that destroyed the Garcia home?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Eli gain from the raid in Chapter Fifty-two? What do the Indians gain?
2. What events and circumstances lead Eli to the cattle industry in Chapter Fifty-five?
3. How does the relationship between Eli and Ellen develop in Chapters Thirty-three through Thirty-seven?
4. Describe Eli’s narrative tone in Chapter Forty. What are examples of humor used in the chapter?
5. How does Jeanne come to be knocked unconscious in Chapter Sixty-nine?
6. What leads up to Eli’s arrest in Chapter Thirty-seven? Who turns Eli in?
7. Discuss Jeanne’s relationship with motherhood, as seen in Chapter Thirty-eight. Does Jeanne enjoy being a mother?
8. Where is Eli working in 1864? How is his home described in Chapter Forty-nine?
9. How does the relationship between Hank and Jeanne develop in Chapter Thirty-two?
10. Why do Eli’s troops raid the Federal soldiers in Chapter Fifty-two? What happens during the raid?
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