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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is playing cards with Scully's son?
(a) The farmer.
(b) A cook.
(c) A guest.
(d) A barmaid.

2. What does the Swede threaten to do?
(a) Shoot out the whiskey bottles.
(b) Kill the cowboy.
(c) Leave the hotel.
(d) Set fire to the hotel.

3. What is Scully's son doing when the men enter the hotel?
(a) Reading a magazine.
(b) Sweeping the floor.
(c) Carrying bags.
(d) Playing cards.

4. How does Scully get the Swede to smile?
(a) Buys him dinner.
(b) Tells a joke.
(c) Gives him a discount.
(d) Pats him on the back.

5. THE BLUE HOTEL is a story of how many men?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of card players are the Swede and the Easterner?

2. Why does Scully go to the Swede's room?

3. What does Scully ask the Swede to do?

4. What does the Swede do when the farmer leaves the game?

5. How could the Swede's countenance be described as he talks to Scully?

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