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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the hotel painted?
(a) Blue.
(b) Turquoise.
(c) Green.
(d) Purple.

2. What question does the Swede ask Scully?
(a) When is the next train out.
(b) Can he get a newspaper.
(c) How much he owes him.
(d) When is dinner.

3. Who is most astonished by the Swede's outrageous statements?
(a) The Easterner.
(b) Scully.
(c) The cowboy.
(d) Johnnie.

4. How does the Swede react at first to the bottle of whiskey?
(a) He grabs for it.
(b) He is frightened.
(c) He pushes it away.
(d) He licks his lips.

5. In what season of the year does THE BLUE HOTEL take place?
(a) Winter.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the men says that the Swede is terribly frightened?

2. To what topic does Scully change the subject?

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

4. What does Scully offer and the Swede declines?

5. Why does the hotel owner meet the train every day?

(see the answer key)

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