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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. Who threatened the Sisters brothers at Mayfield's hotel, and framed them for stealing the pelt?
(a) A group of jewel thieves.
(b) A group of barmen.
(c) A group of trappers.
(d) A group of stable boys.

2. What did Eli see at the duel that upset him?
(a) Too many women.
(b) A larger crowd of people than he expected.
(c) A snake.
(d) A father bringing his small son to watch the violence.

3. What did Charlie tell Eli that upset him about the inn keeper he liked?
(a) That she had offered Charlie sex for money.
(b) That she was ugly.
(c) That she was really a man.
(d) That she had spoken ill of Eli to Charlie.

4. How did Eli react to the bad news Charlie told him about the inn keeper?
(a) Eli killed Charlie's horse.
(b) Eli asked Charlie to make more food.
(c) Eli flew into a rage.
(d) Eli cried.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the boy with the grouping of wagons waiting for?

2. What kind of liquor did both Charlie and Eli drink most often?

3. Who did the brothers discovered owned the horse they found in Part II?

4. Who was the Commodore's scout who has gone ahead of Charlie and Eli to San Francisco on the Hermann Warm job?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Charlie so often sick and unable to travel?

2. How did Eli try to break the tension with Charlie early on in their journey to California?

3. How did Eli treat the boy once he had surprisingly caught up with him and Charlie?

4. How did Eli feel looking at the dead prospector who had been poking him in his injured leg?

5. What did Charlie's treatment of the boy who as with the three wagons reveal about his character?

6. Why did Eli ask the waiter in the restaurant in Jacksonville to cut down his meal portion and bring him more vegetables?

7. What did Eli realize about how Charlie felt about killing the men whose tools he took to widen the window?

8. Why did Charlie pull a gun on Doctor Watts, the dentist who lanced Eli's face?

9. What happened between Eli and the female innkeeper where he and Charlie stopped for the night early in the journey?

10. How did Eli know that Charlie was about to break some bad news to him after they left the Commodore's mansion and went to the Pig-King to drink?

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