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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was Charlie's habit prior to the completion of an assignment from the Commodore?
2. What did Morris tell Warm he had to do to the Sisters brothers?
3. How did Warm catch Eli and Charlie off-guard as they approached Warm and Morris's camp at Warm's claim?
4. What was unusual about Eli's first sight of the harbor in San Francisco?
5. How did Warm manage to leave the militia?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Eli do that drew the stares of strangers as he and Charlie left San Francisco to find Warm's claim?
2. What did the formula do to Morris and Warm the first time they had used it?
3. How did the Sisters brothers eventually get the hotel manager to give them Morris's journal?
4. What did the Sisters brothers learn from reading Morris's journal?
5. What gave away Morris and Warm's position when Eli and Charlie went back to their camp?
6. What possible option did Charlie and Eli discuss that did not involve killing Warm and Morris?
7. What did Eli tell Charlie about their work together at their fancy dinner at The Golden Pearl in San Francisco?
8. What did the hotel manager tell the Sisters brothers Henry Morris had left behind, and why were they so desperate to get their hands on it?
9. What did the stable hand in San Francisco tell Eli had to be done to Tub?
10. Charlie and Eli met a prospector right before reaching Warm's claim. What is wrong with the prospector's coffee?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the effect that reading Morris's journal, and the revelations about Morris's plans it revealed, in San Francisco had on Eli and Charlie. How do their different reactions to the journal's contents highlight their character differences?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay exploring what the she-bear Charlie kills and Eli skins to take to Mayfield for prize money symbolizes. Make sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
How does the Sisters Brothers' episode at Mayfield's - killing the trappers and stealing Mayfield's fortune after being falsely accused of stealing - highlight the strength of their bond despite all their differences?
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