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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. What is the first contact the group makes on the trail?
(a) A preacher.
(b) The stage coach.
(c) A traveling medicine man.
(d) A milner with samples.

2. What does Sparks claim is in all men?
(a) Justice.
(b) God.
(c) Fear.
(d) Patience.

3. What does Art do that earns him the ire of one of the group?
(a) Talk too loudly.
(b) Starts a small campfire.
(c) Lights a cigarette.
(d) Sings hymns with Spark.

4. How many riders do Davies and Art count ahead of them when they finally get started?
(a) Twenty-eight.
(b) Thirty-two.
(c) Twenty-four.
(d) Twenty-six.

5. How many head of cattle does Amigo claim to have seen?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Forty.
(d) Forty five.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who else was in the coach?

2. What does Gerald claim makes up the biggest part of womens' power?

3. How much did Martin pay for the ranch?

4. What does Martin suggest to Tetley after Tetley inspects the brand on the cattle they were driving?

5. What is the name of Art's horse?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why don't the men in the posse believe Martin when he explains the situation to them?

2. What does Sparks tell Art about as they wait in the shadows?

3. Who does Art find himself standing next to when the posse scatters after someone is convinced that they heard someone coming and what does Art do despite Sparks' objections?

4. What happens when the stage rides by the group on the mountain road to Pike's Hole?

5. What is the situation at the end of the Ox-Bow valley?

6. What happens when Mapes fires the shot that signaled the time to whip the horses out?

7. What is the tone of the conversation between Gerard and Art as they are on the trail to Pike's Hole and how does Gerald see men and women in general?

8. What does Martin beg the posse to do in order to give him and his men the benefit of the doubt?

9. What bothers Gil most about the posse and their intentions?

10. How does Gil react when he realizes that Rose is one of the coach's passengers, and why?

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