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

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

3. What arrives in the mail on the same day that Peter sends his sons to war in Chapter Twenty-four?
(a) A box of candy.
(b) A diamond necklace.
(c) A Tommy gun.
(d) A Lewis gun.

4. Where has Maria been for two years living with a cousin when she appears at the McCullough ranch in Chapter Thirty?
(a) California.
(b) Dallas.
(c) Torreon.
(d) Austin.

5. 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 Colt Navy.
(c) His bow and arrow.
(d) His bracelet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to the jail to give Eli a lecture on morality in Chapter Thirty-four?

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

3. How much money does the narrator says Sullivan and Rodriguez make in a year together in Chapter Thirty-five?

4. What was the name of Maria’s father?

5. How old was Ulises Garcia when his father died?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Prairie Flower die in Chapter Twenty-eight?

2. Why do you think that Maria tells Peter about the curse on the Garcia family in Chapter Forty-two?

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

4. How does the relationship between Eli and Ellen develop in Chapters Thirty-three through Thirty-seven?

5. How does the author illustrate Jeanne’s political connections in Chapter Thirty-five?

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

7. Why do Eli’s troops raid the Federal soldiers in Chapter Fifty-two? What happens during the raid?

8. How is the character of Ulises Garcia introduced in Chapter Fifty-seven? What is Ulises’s objective?

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

10. Why do you think the Colonel wants Maria out of his home in Chapter Thirty-three?

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