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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. After the Swede leaves, Scully and _____________ both share that they would like to fight the Swede.
(a) The farmer.
(b) The Easterner.
(c) The cowboy.
(d) The minister.

2. Why does Johnnie say he can't go on after he is injured the second time?
(a) He had the wind knocked out of him.
(b) His jaw is broken.
(c) Fighting is no way to settle anything.
(d) The Swede was too heavy for him.

3. The Swede tells Scully that maybe Scully _______________________.
(a) Should paint the hotel a different color.
(b) Should find another line of work.
(c) Is the one who owes him.
(d) Should teach Johnnie to fight better.

4. Who is the man who accuses someone of cheating?
(a) The cowboy.
(b) Johnnie.
(c) The Easterner.
(d) The Swede.

5. Who pleads for the men to stop the fight after Johnnie is injured?
(a) The farmer.
(b) Scully.
(c) A minister.
(d) The Easterner.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Scully try to intercept a fight between the Swede and the cowboy?

2. What role has Scully maintained throughout the story?

3. Which of the following does not describe the conditions outside?

4. What does Scully assure Johnnie after the fight?

5. What is the demeanor of the Easterner and the cowboy as the men prepare to go outside?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author use foreshadowing in the behavior of Johnnie and the Swede prior to the card game?

2. How does the fight actually end?

3. How do the characters remain in their stereotypical roles during and after the fight?

4. How can the supper at the hotel be described?

5. How does the Swede's obnoxious behavior result in his death?

6. What is the significance of the debt between the Swede and Scully and the cash register at the end of the story?

7. How does the cowboy show that he is still agitated by the fight and what is Scully's response toward him?

8. How do the cowboy and the Easterner anticipate the fight as they stand in the cold?

9. What ensues after the Swede accuses Johnnie of cheating?

10. How do the cowboy and Scully erupt after the Swede leaves the hotel?

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