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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color horse does Sheriff Chalfont ride in Chapter 6?

2. What was the name of the biggest counterfeiting ring in New York?

3. Where were the Morton brothers headed when they met Roscoe Ollerenshaw?

4. What does Silas pick in Chapter 5, that the marshal tells him are poisonous?

5. What is the name of the blue-fingered man?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who arrives and speaks to Silas after the lawmen begin their approach to the cave, and what does she want?

2. Who does Marshal Farmer send Silas to get in Rosasharon, and why is Silas not able to speak to the man?

3. How did Eben and Seb get involved with Ollerenshaw?

4. Who were the Orange Street Gang?

5. What ghost does Silas see as he is telling the sheriff and deputy in Rosasharon his story?

6. What are Martin's last words to Silas?

7. When lawmen killed or arrested members of the Orange Street Gang, who escaped and what did he escape with?

8. What happens when Marshal Farmer jumps the ravine with his horse?

9. What proposition does Ollerenshaw have for the sheriff?

10. As the deputy and sheriff prepare to storm the cave, who comes down to the creek?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Silas remembers stories and myths he has read as he makes his way toward the outlaws’ cave. What stories and myths does Silas remember? How do those stories and myths become tools for Silas’s behavior and self-discovery?

Essay Topic 2

Silas attends the Boneville school briefly. Why does Silas only attend the Boneville school for a short time? Why does his father start to homeschool him?

Essay Topic 3

Silas and Mittenwool have a strong connection. What connection do Silas and Mittenwool have? What does Silas believe connects them?

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