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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the color of the wood on the train look like?
(a) The color of a beautiful brown horse.
(b) Gleaming like a wooden coach.
(c) The color of shoe polish.
(d) Dark as the surface of a pool of oil.

2. Where is the barkeeper's dog?
(a) Sleeping at the end of main street.
(b) Sleeping under a table.
(c) He lays on the boardwalk that crosses the front door of the bar.
(d) Out back, chasing rabbits.

3. How does Scratchy secure the piece of paper that he shoots at?
(a) With his knife.
(b) With his pistol.
(c) With a pin.
(d) With a nail.

4. When Scratchy walks away from the couple, what shape do his footprints make in the dirt?
(a) Funnel shaped.
(b) Round shaped.
(c) Square shaped.
(d) Triangle shaped.

5. What is the name of the train?
(a) California Express.
(b) Rio Grande.
(c) Texas Giant.
(d) Zepher.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does the train stop while traveling across the state?

2. How many miles is it from one end of the state to the other?

3. The long revolvers on Scratchy's hands are as easy as what?

4. What river runs by the town of Yellow Sky?

5. Since nobody is opening the door to the bar, where does Scratchy decide to go?

(see the answer key)

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