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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Jeanne McCullough’s eldest brother?
(a) Jonas McCullough.
(b) Eli McCullough.
(c) Phineas McCullough.
(d) Peter McCullough.

2. What are the names of Peter’s two sons?
(a) Walter and Paul.
(b) Richard and Steven.
(c) James and Bob.
(d) Glenn and Clint.

3. What is the name of the boy that was kidnapped and killed by Indians a month before the raid on Eli’s family’s home?
(a) Miles Wallace.
(b) Tom Whipple.
(c) Owen Wister.
(d) Amado Batista.

4. In what year did the Colonel die, according to Jeanne in Chapter Seventeen?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1911.

5. What is the diary entry dated that comprises Chapter Six?
(a) September 4, 1915.
(b) April 6, 1917.
(c) August 12, 1915.
(d) July 4, 1917.

6. What is the name that the Indians give to Eli McCullough during his captivity?
(a) Toshaway.
(b) Urwat.
(c) Tiehteti.
(d) Kotoseka.

7. How many bedrooms are described in Jeanne McCullough’s home in Chapter Two?
(a) 12.
(b) 19.
(c) 23.
(d) 5.

8. What word used in the narrative refers to a cowboy or herdsman?
(a) Kotoseka.
(b) Habanero.
(c) Vaquero.
(d) Dingo.

9. How old was Jeanne’s mother when she died?
(a) Twenty-six.
(b) Twenty-nine.
(c) Thirty-two.
(d) Nineteen.

10. Who does Eli blame for the spread of smallpox and cholera in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) The forty-niners.
(b) The Indians.
(c) The German settlers.
(d) The Italian settlers.

11. Over how many of Eli’s fellow tribe members are killed during the big raid in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) 30.
(b) 150.
(c) 260.
(d) 56.

12. What does Toshaway’s name translate to in English?
(a) Charges the Enemy.
(b) Large Bear.
(c) Bright Button.
(d) White Wolf.

13. What is the name of the man that Prairie Flower is romantically involved with when she begins an affair with Eli in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Grey Wolf.
(b) Charges the Enemy.
(c) Soft Talker.
(d) Hates Work.

14. Who does Peter say was murdered in the night and his store looted in Chapter Nine?
(a) Miles Wallace.
(b) Tom Whipple.
(c) Jonas McCullough.
(d) Amado Batista.

15. What does Eli describe as “the largest and wealthiest of all the Comanche bands” in Chapter Nineteen?
(a) The Kotoseka.
(b) The Klamath.
(c) The Penateka.
(d) The Dakota.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator of Chapter One?

2. Peter compares himself to what figure from Greek mythology in Chapter Eighteen?

3. What is Eli McCullough’s nickname in the novel?

4. What is the name of the Indian that owns Martin after the raid in Chapter Four?

5. What is the name of Jeanne McCullough’s daughter?

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