2. The young man is accused of ____________________.
(a) Cheating at cards.
(b) Robbing a bank.
(c) Killing his father.
(d) Raping a woman.

3. THE BLUE HOTEL is a study in _________.
(a) Compassion.
(b) Fear.
(c) Joy.
(d) Love.

4. How does Scully get the Swede to smile?
(a) Gives him a discount.
(b) Pats him on the back.
(c) Tells a joke.
(d) Buys him dinner.

5. What kind of card player does the cowboy turn out to be?
(a) Raucous.
(b) Shifty.
(c) Silent.
(d) Horrible.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. THE BLUE HOTEL is a story of how many men?

3. What color is the hotel painted?

4. Where does Scully take the Swede?

5. How does the Swede react at first to the bottle of whiskey?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Johnnie react to the Swede's startling statement?

2. How does the Swede behave when he rejoins the other men?

3. For what is Stephen Crane best known in his writing style?

4. How does the Swede's behavior escalate into even more bizarre behavior after the men declare that they don't know why he made such a startling statement about men being killed in that room?

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

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

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

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

9. How do the Easterner and the cowboy view the Swede differently?

10. What is the Swede's demeanor when he reenters the room with Scully?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 769 words
(approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page)

View a FREE sample