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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the inn keeper tell Eli about Charlie?
(a) That he was sad.
(b) That he had a lot of anger.
(c) That he was a heathen.
(d) That he was a lovely man.

2. What did Eli buy at the clothing store where Eli got an entire new outfit?
(a) A vest.
(b) Long underwear.
(c) A hat.
(d) Boots.

3. How did Charlie get the tools he needed to cut a wider opening in the window of the shack?
(a) Charlie took the tools from sleeping Indians.
(b) Charlie bought the tools at a trading post.
(c) Charlie killed five prospectors for their tools.
(d) Charlie bartered for the tools with prospectors.

4. What did the boy with the wagons tell the Sisters brothers he was traveling for?
(a) He and his family were bakers on their way to start a new business in California.
(b) He and his family were horse traders and were on their way to California to trade horses.
(c) He and his family were on their way to California to try their luck at finding gold.
(d) He and his family were fortune tellers on their way to take advantage of prospectors in California.

5. Who did the Sisters brothers think the old woman at the shack was?
(a) A witch or a gypsy.
(b) A thief.
(c) Their mother.
(d) A landowner.

6. What was the name of the lawyer in the duel that Charlie and Eli watched?
(a) Smith.
(b) Robinson.
(c) Williams.
(d) Stamm.

7. How much did Mayfield pay the Sisters brothers for the pelt?
(a) $20.
(b) $200.
(c) $500.
(d) $2,000.

8. How much money did the Sisters brothers let Mayfield keep out of Mayfield's own fortune?
(a) $100.
(b) $2,000.
(c) $500.
(d) $1,000.

9. What did Eli leave for the inn keeper that Charlie objected to?
(a) A five dollar piece.
(b) A pearl necklace.
(c) One hundred dollars.
(d) A gold watch.

10. Why did Eli change his mind and decide to keep Tub in Part II?
(a) He felt guilty taking a dead man's horse.
(b) He thought Tub would get faster.
(c) He did not like the black horse after all.
(d) He felt Tub had been a faithful horse.

11. What did Eli realize about Charlie as they left the shack with the string of beads?
(a) Charlie felt badly about leaving Eli there alone.
(b) Charlie was not willing to cross the threshold to see if his brother was alright.
(c) Charlie did not care about Eli's horse Tub.
(d) Charlie wanted Eli to be the lead man.

12. What was the name of the ranch hand in the duel that Charlie and Eli watched?
(a) Williams.
(b) Stamm.
(c) Smith.
(d) Robinson.

13. What did Charlie do the boy the brothers found with the abandoned wagons?
(a) He hit him on the head with the stock of his rifle.
(b) He maimed him.
(c) He killed him.
(d) He sent him off in the woods to die.

14. What did Eli suggest doing for the boy with the wagons after he regained consciousness?
(a) Killing him.
(b) Beating him.
(c) Sending him off in the woods to die.
(d) Sharing their lunch with him.

15. Who did Eli meet at Mayfield's hotel who he took a fancy to?
(a) A pale bookkeeper.
(b) A prostitute.
(c) A jewel thief.
(d) A chamber maid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Charlie tell the boy with the wagons they had done to his father?

2. What did the inn keeper tell Eli that hurt his feelings?

3. What was the name of Eli Sisters's horse?

4. What did Charlie steal from the doctor who patched up Eli?

5. Who did the prospector say was willing to pay for special pelt of a specific animal?

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