View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the narrative take place in Chapter Sixty-three?
(a) The late 1850s.
(b) The early 1920s.
(c) The mid-1980s.
(d) The early 1870s.

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

3. Who is the cook at the McCullough ranch in Chapter Twenty-four?
(a) Consuela.
(b) Lizzie.
(c) Susan.
(d) Maria.

4. Whose story is related in Chapter Sixty-one?
(a) Peter's.
(b) Eli's.
(c) Jeanne's.
(d) Ulises'.

5. What was the name of Maria’s father?
(a) Roberto Garcia.
(b) Pedro Garcia.
(c) Antun Garcia.
(d) Paulo Garcia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many members of Toshaway’s band are still living in the beginning of Chapter Thirty-one?

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

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

4. By what name does Eli refer to a hanging in the beginning of Chapter Forty?

5. Jeanne thinks to herself in Chapter Sixty, “Dead people did not have voices and this made them” what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Eli help the captive buffalo hunter in Chapter Twenty-five?

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

5. Describe Eli’s narrative tone in Chapter Forty. What are examples of humor used in the chapter?

6. How does the relationship between Hank and Jeanne develop in Chapter Thirty-two?

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

8. How does Peter respond to Maria’s presence and her need for help in Chapter Thirty?

9. How is Jeanne’s relationship with her grandsons described in Chapter Sixty?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 896 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample