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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What upset the stable hand so much when he and Eli tranquilized Tub?
(a) The horse died when he tried to tranquilize it.
(b) The horse kicked the stable hand.
(c) The horse threw up.
(d) The horse collapsed on the men and the stable hand had thought they might be killed.

2. What did the brothers find in Morris's hotel room?
(a) Clothes and money strewn about.
(b) An impostor.
(c) A dead body.
(d) Perfumes and waxes, but no luggage and no sign of Morris.

3. What did Eli feed Tub on the ferry?
(a) Oatmeal.
(b) Barley.
(c) Whisky.
(d) Apples.

4. What did Charlie and Eli ask the prospector near Warm's claim?
(a) They asked him if they could borrow a horse.
(b) They asked him if they had seen two men fitting Morris and Warm's description.
(c) They asked him if he had seen the River of Light.
(d) They asked him how much gold he had found.

5. Why did Warm tell Morris he wanted Morris to go into business with him?
(a) Morris could help Warm refine the formula.
(b) Morris could get the Commodore to reconsider and fund Warm's expedition.
(c) Morris could reason with the Sisters brothers and stop them from killing Warm.
(d) Morris had a gift for the public-facing side of his business that Warm himself lacked.

6. What did Charlie and Eli conclude about Henry Morris's character?
(a) That he was a criminal.
(b) That he was insane.
(c) That he was an honorable man, even though he had abandoned his post with the Commodore.
(d) That he was a genius.

7. Why did the owner at The Black Skull tell the Sisters brothers he would not try to find Warm?
(a) He was too ill to go after him.
(b) He had thought Warm was his friend, and now he was disappointed to find out he was not a true friend.
(c) He was too busy at the restaurant to go after him.
(d) He was too poor to go after him.

8. What did Charlie and Morris do together on the morning after the Sisters brothers struck their deal with Morris and Warm?
(a) Went for a hike.
(b) Hunted a bear.
(c) Found new horses.
(d) Went for a swim.

9. What type of animal became seasick on the ferry voyage?
(a) The pigs.
(b) The cows.
(c) The horses.
(d) The chickens.

10. How did the Sisters brothers decide to split the profits of the gold hunting with Warm and Morris?
(a) They agreed that the Sisters brothers would keep 90% of what they pulled from the river, and the rest would go to Warm and Morris.
(b) They agreed the Sisters brothers would keep 25% of what they pulled from the river, and the rest would go to Warm and Morris.
(c) They agreed the Sisters brothers would keep half of whatever they pulled from the river, and the rest would go to Warm and Morris.
(d) They agreed the Sisters brothers would keep 75% of what they pulled from the river, and the rest would to go Warm and Morris

11. What did the stable hand use to perform the surgery Tub needed?
(a) A spoon.
(b) A scalpel.
(c) A needle.
(d) A spade.

12. What was the name of the restaurant where Warm took Morris to tell him about his plan?
(a) The Black Skull.
(b) The Tabbard Inn.
(c) The Science Club.
(d) The Bleeding Horse.

13. When Eli got back to where they had left Tub in Part IV, what had become of his horse?
(a) Tub had been shot by a passerby.
(b) Tub had fallen down a steep hill and died.
(c) Tub had found the strength to get up and flee.
(d) Tub had been stolen by a passerby.

14. What was it that gave away Warm and Morris's position to the Sisters Brothers at first?
(a) A beaver tried to get into a barrel of formula, and either Warm or Morris threw a rock to shoo it away.
(b) Warm let off a shot from his pistol by mistake.
(c) Warm was singing.
(d) Morris was whistling.

15. What did Eli compare killing Warm and Morris to?
(a) Killing their own brothers.
(b) Killing women and children.
(c) Killing criminals.
(d) Killing animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the hotel manager say Morris had left behind that she now had in her possession?

2. What did Charlie suggest giving to Tub before Eli washed his wound out with alcohol?

3. How did the brothers communicate with the hotel manager from Morris's hotel room?

4. How did the hotel manager respond to Charlie's request to see what Morris had left behind?

5. How long did the hotel manager say Morris had been gone?

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