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

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) The color of shoe polish.
(c) Dark as the surface of a pool of oil.
(d) Gleaming like a wooden coach.

2. What does Scratchy hold in each hand?
(a) A Winchester shotgun.
(b) A dueling sword.
(c) A small pistol.
(d) A blue-black revolver.

3. How does Scratchy identify the bride?
(a) He asks if she is his cook.
(b) He asks if she is Jack's sister.
(c) He asks if she is the "lady."
(d) He asks if she's staying in Yellow Sky.

4. Jack doesn't take Scratchy for a kid; he takes him for a what?
(a) An old man.
(b) A fool.
(c) An idiot.
(d) A threat.

5. Why does Jack tell Scratchy to shoot him now?
(a) He will never get another chance.
(b) He is the happiest he's ever going to be.
(c) He is ready to die.
(d) He is not afraid.

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

7. What does Jack say to Scratchy that gets him to pause?
(a) That he is armed.
(b) That there are other men near.
(c) That he is unarmed.
(d) That he is drunk.

8. Scratchy fumes at Jack's house like what?
(a) Like the winter wind attacking a prairie cabin in the North.
(b) Like a war, with gunshots heard all round.
(c) Like a Texas river running over her banks.
(d) Like a Texas sunrise, red as fire.

9. What part of the country are Scratchy's boots from?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Florida.
(c) New England.
(d) New York.

10. What does Scratchy do to scare the dog?
(a) Kicks him.
(b) Shoots at the ground near him.
(c) Shoots an arrow near him.
(d) Shoots out the bar windows.

11. Since nobody is opening the door to the bar, where does Scratchy decide to go?
(a) To the river.
(b) To the cabin.
(c) To Jack's house.
(d) To the train station.

12. What does Scratchy do when he sees Jack?
(a) Stands in surprise and does not move.
(b) Points a gun at his chest.
(c) Drops both guns.
(d) Shoots at Jack's house.

13. What is Scratchy's reaction when he misses the piece of paper?
(a) He yells in anger.
(b) He shoots again and again.
(c) He laughes.
(d) He cusses at himself.

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

15. What does Scratchy do with the weapon he is trying to load when he sees Jack?
(a) Fumbles it and drops it.
(b) Puts it in the holster.
(c) Drops it to the ground.
(d) Loads it and shoots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Scratchy say when Jack tells him of his morning?

2. What does Jack think of when he is faced with the barrel of Scratchy's gun?

3. When he fires at the paper, how much does he miss it by?

4. How does the author describe the town through Scratchy's mind?

5. When nobody appears at Jack's house to fight, what is Scratchy's reaction?

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