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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. What did Eli tell Charlie just before they left San Francisco for Sacramento to find Warm and Morris?
(a) He was dying of cancer.
(b) This would be his last job.
(c) He was going to kill Warm and Morris alone.
(d) He was going to kill the Commodore next.

2. What was unusual about Eli's first sight of the harbor in San Francisco?
(a) There were many abandoned ships.
(b) There wes a terrible storm brewing.
(c) There were no ships.
(d) There were dead men all around.

3. What did Charlie tell Eli would happen if they killed the Commodore?
(a) They would take over the Commodore's business.
(b) They would have to flee the country.
(c) The Commodore would have men in place to avenge his death.
(d) They would become rich.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the owner of The Black Skull doing when Charlie and Eli went to ask him about Warm?

2. What was the first prospector the brothers met in San Francisco carrying under his arm?

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

4. Why did Eli and Charlie have to leave Tub behind as they approached Warm's claim?

5. Where did Warm learn about chemistry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Eli once again approach Warm and ask if he and Charlie could work with Warm and Morris?

2. Why were there so many abandoned boats in the harbor at San Francisco?

3. What did Charlie and Eli give to Tub before splashing the alcohol in his eye socket?

4. What did the prospector tell Eli and Charlie about the camp of men they would pass on the way to Warm's claim?

5. What state did the Sisters brothers find Henry Morris's hotel room in in San Francisco?

6. Why was the man with the eye patch who ran the restaurant Warm used to frequent so upset that Warm had left him out of his plans?

7. What happened when Charlie and Eli were staking out Warm and Morris's camp at Warm's claim?

8. When Eli and Charlie were discussing how they would carry out the job on Warm, what did Eli say that surprised Charlie?

9. What did the formula do to Morris and Warm the first time they had used it?

10. How did Eli feel after discovering that Tub had died?

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