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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the drummer wants to continue asking questions, what do the other men in the bar do?
(a) Yell at him to shut up.
(b) Put their fingers on their lips to be quiet.
(c) Motion for him to remain silent.
(d) Shoot at him to make him shut up.

2. What does the man tell the drummer as he walks into the bar about what will happen in the town?
(a) "Scratchy will shoot up everyon in the town."
(b) Scratchy will kill the dog."
(c) "For the next few hours this town won't be a health resort."
(d) Scratchy will shoot up this bar."

3. What did the couple do before boarding the train?
(a) Had breadfast.
(b) Visited their mother.
(c) Bought a house.
(d) Got married.

4. What river runs by the town of Yellow Sky?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Colorado.
(c) Rio Grande.
(d) Mississippi.

5. When the man comes to the door of the bar with his warning, what does the drummer ask him to do?
(a) Go away.
(b) Forget it.
(c) Come in for a drink.
(d) Follow the Mexicans.

6. How do the men in the bar know Scratchy is approaching?
(a) They hear the dog bark.
(b) They hear someone yelp who's been hit.
(c) They hear the Mexican yelling.
(d) They hear yelling and gunshots.

7. What do the objects across the street from the bar resemble?
(a) The grass on the theater stage.
(b) The yellow of a cliff.
(c) The vastness of the desert.
(d) The blue of the ocean.

8. What do other passengers on the train think of the couple?
(a) They are from San Antonio.
(b) They are naive.
(c) They are rich.
(d) They are handsome.

9. What can be seen from the train window?
(a) Texas, green grass, clumps of houses, trees.
(b) Rivers only.
(c) Texas like a desert.
(d) Small farms that look abandoned.

10. Why is the man's face reddened?
(a) From years of working outdoors.
(b) He drinks a lot.
(c) He is embarrased.
(d) He has high blood pressure.

11. How many men are in the bar?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Six.
(d) Ten.

12. What is Scratchy like when he is drunk?
(a) He's a terror.
(b) He's sweet and sloppy.
(c) He's quiet.
(d) He's funny,

13. What does the porter do when he sees them run from the train?
(a) He frowns.
(b) He closes his eyes for a moment.
(c) He yells for the station master.
(d) He chuckles.

14. How does the man sit on the train?
(a) With his hands folded on his lap like he is praying.
(b) With his legs crossed.
(c) With his hand on his wife's hand.
(d) With one hand on each knee, like a man waiting for a barber.

15. What is the man doing who sits in the tilted chair at the end of the railway station?
(a) He is whittling.
(b) He is reading.
(c) He smokes a pipe.
(d) He is asleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Scratchy approaches, one man gestures toward the barkeep for something. What does he want?

2. What does the station-agent do when he sees Jack?

3. Where does the barkeeper put the drummer?

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

5. How many Texans are in the bar?

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