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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. 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 Lewis gun.
(d) A Tommy gun.

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

3. How many times does the German girl say she became impregnated by the Indians in Chapter Thirty-one?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

4. 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.

5. In what year does Chapter Thirty-four begin?
(a) 1852.
(b) 1921.
(c) 2012.
(d) 1911.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is Chapter Fifty-two set?

2. What U.S. President does Jeanne recall dying in Chapter Forty-one?

3. How many cattle were living in Texas alone by the year 1865, according to Eli in Chapter Fifty-nine?

4. When is Chapter Thirty-one set?

5. How many members of Maria’s family were killed in the shootout that destroyed the Garcia home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Where is Eli working in 1864? How is his home described in Chapter Forty-nine?

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

8. How is Jeanne affected by Hank’s death in the novel?

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

10. What is the earliest conflict between the Garcias and the McCulloughs, as illustrated in Chapter Fifty-nine?

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