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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 do the vaqueros claim is ruining the cattle, according to Peter’s diary entry in Chapter Thirty?
(a) The noise of the train.
(b) The noise of the airplanes.
(c) The bad oats.
(d) The noise of drilling.

2. When does Eli McCullough describe a dozen Spanish cattle landing in the New World in Chapter Fifty-nine?
(a) 1600.
(b) 1498.
(c) 1521.
(d) 1598.

3. Who does Peter describe as renting out his pig stall for eighty dollars a week in Chapter Forty-five?
(a) Pedro Garcia.
(b) The Colonel.
(c) Niles Gilbert.
(d) Bill Hollis.

4. What is Hank doing when he is killed in Chapter Forty-four?
(a) Boarding a train.
(b) Bird hunting.
(c) Drilling oil.
(d) Flying home.

5. When is Chapter Fifty-two set?
(a) June, 1865.
(b) Spring of 1945.
(c) June 25, 1917.
(d) Fall of 1851.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the troop leader that Eli convinces to conduct a raid on the Federals in Chapter Fifty-two?

2. Where had Coffee Hays gone when he gave up Texas, according to Eli in Chapter Forty?

3. Who does Eli recognize among the Indians that he is trailing with the Rangers in Chapter Forty-three?

4. Where does Phineas live in Chapter Twenty-six?

5. How much money does Peter learn that his family gave to Maria to leave in Chapter Fifty-one?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Peter express unhappiness about the discovery of oil on his family’s land?

2. How does the author illustrate Jeanne’s political connections in Chapter Thirty-five?

3. How does Eli help the captive buffalo hunter in Chapter Twenty-five?

4. What is represented symbolically by the feud between the McCulloughs and the Garcias and its aftermath in the novel?

5. How does Jeanne come to be knocked unconscious in Chapter Sixty-nine?

6. What does Eli gain from the raid in Chapter Fifty-two? What do the Indians gain?

7. How does Judge Black’s wife perceive Eli when he returns from the Rangers in Chapter Forty?

8. Why do you think that Maria tells Peter about the curse on the Garcia family in Chapter Forty-two?

9. What events and circumstances lead Eli to the cattle industry in Chapter Fifty-five?

10. Describe Eli’s narrative tone in Chapter Forty. What are examples of humor used in the chapter?

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