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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Jeanne McCullough as she lay on the floor of her home in Chapter Two?
(a) 86.
(b) 77.
(c) 91.
(d) 69.

2. What battle did Paul McCullough die while fighting?
(a) The Battle of Kursk.
(b) The Battle of the Bulge.
(c) The Battle of Qarqar.
(d) The Bougainville Campaign.

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

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

5. Who is described in Chapter Eighteen as “a younger version of the Colonel, the pinnacle of manly attainment”?
(a) Phineas.
(b) Tom.
(c) Jonas.
(d) Peter.

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

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

8. Where is Glenn recovering in the hospital in Chapter Nine?
(a) San Antonio.
(b) Houston.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Dallas.

9. What year is it when William Blount and his sons disappear from their farm near the McCullough ranch?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1956.

10. What is the sheriff’s name that visits to talk with the Colonel after the disappearance of the Blounts in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Sheriff Whipple.
(b) Sheriff Batista.
(c) Sheriff Van Zandt.
(d) Sheriff Anderson.

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

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

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) Soft Talker.
(b) Grey Wolf.
(c) Charges the Enemy.
(d) Hates Work.

14. Where does Peter describe a raid on a train by sixty insurgents in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Dallas.
(b) Olmito.
(c) Montgomery.
(d) Little Rock.

15. Which U.S. President does the Colonel accuse of running a dictatorship in Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Theodore Roosevelt.
(b) Grover Cleveland.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) Franklin Roosevelt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls Jeanne to Austin to visit him in Chapter Twenty?

2. How many people does Peter say Pancho Villa killed across the border in New Mexico in Chapter Twenty-one?

3. What does Eli describe as “the largest and wealthiest of all the Comanche bands” in Chapter Nineteen?

4. Where did Jonas go to attend college after the Colonel’s death?

5. What does Eli say the Indians use the books looted from their home for in Chapter Four?

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