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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the Easterner think the Swede has put himself?
(a) In the nut house.
(b) In a real pickle.
(c) In a hell of a mess.
(d) In a dime novel.

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

3. The young man is accused of ____________________.
(a) Cheating at cards.
(b) Killing his father.
(c) Raping a woman.
(d) Robbing a bank.

4. What does the Swede reply when Johnnie asks him what he meant by his outrageous statement?
(a) He thinks Johnnie is an idiot.
(b) He thinks he's had too much whiskey.
(c) He thinks all Westerners are crooks.
(d) He is certain he knows what he means.

5. What nationality is the owner of the hotel?
(a) Polish.
(b) German.
(c) Irish.
(d) Italian.

6. Stephen Crane is known for stories about regular people who experience __________________________.
(a) Extraordinary events.
(b) Great wealth.
(c) Heart attacks.
(d) Visions.

7. What does the Swede do as Scully talks to him?
(a) Paces the floor.
(b) Packs his bag.
(c) Shines his shoes.
(d) Makes the bed.

8. What is the Swede's problem?
(a) He is jealous.
(b) He is schizophrenic.
(c) It is not known.
(d) He is bipolar.

9. Why does the farmer leave the card game?
(a) Out of money.
(b) Dinner time.
(c) A quarrel.
(d) Return to work.

10. Which of the men says that the Swede is terribly frightened?
(a) Johnnie.
(b) The cowboy.
(c) The Easterner.
(d) Scully.

11. What do the other men think of the Swede?
(a) He is crazy.
(b) He is stressed.
(c) He is tired.
(d) He is boasting.

12. In what timeframe does THE BLUE HOTEL take place?
(a) More than 24 years.
(b) Less than 2 weeks.
(c) Less than 24 hours.
(d) Less than 2 hours.

13. In what town is the hotel located?
(a) Fort Benning.
(b) Fort Laramie.
(c) Fort Romper.
(d) Fort Apache.

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

15. How does the Swede drink the whiskey?
(a) In little sips.
(b) With a straw.
(c) In a paper cup.
(d) In big gulps.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Swede says that he knows they _________________.

2. What does the Swede threaten to do?

3. What is a prominent fixture inside the hotel?

4. What do the Easterner and the cowboy wonder about Scully and the Swede?

5. What does Scully offer and the Swede declines?

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