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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 does Scully show the Swede?
(a) Fresh paint.
(b) New furniture.
(c) Pictures of his children.
(d) New carpet.

2. Where does the Easterner think the Swede has put himself?
(a) In a dime novel.
(b) In the nut house.
(c) In a real pickle.
(d) In a hell of a mess.

3. Why does Scully go to the Swede's room?
(a) To drop off clean laundry.
(b) To try to figure out what is going on.
(c) To drop off a newspaper.
(d) To change the linens.

4. Which of the following does not describe the Swede's laugh?
(a) Guffaws.
(b) Unusual.
(c) Nervous.
(d) High pitched.

5. What do the Easterner and the cowboy wonder about Scully and the Swede?
(a) Where they got the whiskey.
(b) If they want to play poker.
(c) If they want to go to dinner.
(d) What has caused the change in the men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Scully blame for the trouble with the Swede?

2. In what season of the year does THE BLUE HOTEL take place?

3. What is the name of the hotel in THE BLUE HOTEL?

4. With whom is Scully's son playing cards?

5. Who is the owner of the hotel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Stephen Crane's works enjoy such a wide and varied audience?

2. What is the mood in the hotel at the beginning of Chapter 2 and what happens to alter it?

3. How does the cowboy react to the Swede's unusual statement?

4. What is the setting for THE BLUE HOTEL?

5. What role does Scully play in the conflict between the men and the Swede and how does he attempt to rectify it?

6. What is Scully's response to the Swede's intention to leave the hotel?

7. How does the Swede display unusual behavior after dinner?

8. What does Scully retrieve from under the bed in his room?

9. How do the cowboy, the Easterner and Johnnie react to the Swede's unusual behavior?

10. What shocking statement does the Swede make that unnerves the other men?

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