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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Sisters brothers leave the gold they had stolen from Mayfield?
(a) In Mayfield's safe.
(b) Underneath a potbellied stove in the corner of the Mayfield hotel.
(c) In the pale bookkeeper's bedroom.
(d) In a safe deposit box at the local bank.

2. What color is the horse Eli finds in their travels in Part II and decides to take as his own?
(a) Black.
(b) A mix of brown and black.
(c) White.
(d) Brown.

3. What had happened to make the boy with the wagons fall on hard times?
(a) He had contracted typhus and was dying.
(b) His father had died, leaving him alone.
(c) One of the men he had been traveling with stole all their money and fled.
(d) He had lost a foot in an accident.

4. What was the name of Charlie Sisters's horse?
(a) Flash.
(b) Harry.
(c) Nimble.
(d) Tub.

5. What creature did Charlie kill to bring its pelt to Mayfield?
(a) A ferret.
(b) A moose.
(c) A red-haired she-bear.
(d) A rare white deer.

6. How did the inn keeper react when Eli told her who he and Charlie were?
(a) She was impressed.
(b) She was angry.
(c) She rapidly left the room.
(d) She began crying.

7. What kind of creature bit Eli, sending him into an illness of fever?
(a) A spider.
(b) A raccoon.
(c) A snake.
(d) A scorpion.

8. What did the Sisters brothers find with the prospector's belongings?
(a) Many guns and ammunition.
(b) A letter to the prospector's mother.
(c) A stash of rare gems.
(d) Valuable medicines.

9. What did Charlie say would likely become of Tub when Eli sold him?
(a) A farmer would buy him.
(b) Stew meat.
(c) He would work transporting medicine for a doctor.
(d) He would become a pet for a child.

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

11. What did the pale bookkeeper give Eli to remember her by?
(a) A diamond earring.
(b) A brooch.
(c) A white handkerchief.
(d) A length of blue silk.

12. What did Charlie do to the prospector who would not stop jabbing Eli in the leg with his rifle?
(a) He tied him up and tortured him.
(b) He beat him badly.
(c) He killed him by shooting him in the head.
(d) He drowned him.

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

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

15. How did Eli alter his dinner order in the restaurant in Jacksonville?
(a) He asked for more meat.
(b) He asked for something higher in fat.
(c) He asked for more eggs.
(d) He asked for a smaller portion with more vegetables.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Eli object to climbing through the shack's window with Charlie?

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

3. What did the prospector jabbing Eli with his gun ask if Eli and Charlie were hunting?

4. What did the old woman at the shack leave behind when she disappeared during the night?

5. What did Charlie tell Eli and the boy the inn keeper's name was?

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