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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 is Peter’s first diary entry dated in Chapter Thirty-three?
(a) November 1, 1915.
(b) June 25, 1917.
(c) August 16, 1915.
(d) April 6, 1917.

2. Who is Jeanne’s lover that she recalls leaving her in Chapter Sixty-four?
(a) Ted.
(b) Bill.
(c) Hank.
(d) Paul.

3. What is the date of Peter’s opening diary entry in Chapter Sixty-two?
(a) September 15, 1917.
(b) August 12, 1915.
(c) September 4, 1915.
(d) March 2, 1836.

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

5. What is the date of Peter’s first diary entry in Chapter Thirty-six?
(a) March 2, 1836.
(b) June 25, 1917.
(c) July 4, 1917.
(d) June 22, 1917.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the American Civil War end?

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

3. How old does Eli say the Indian woman was that took his virginity in Chapter Thirty-four?

4. Where does Eli join the Texas Rangers in Chapter Forty?

5. Who does Peter describe as renting out his pig stall for eighty dollars a week in Chapter Forty-five?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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