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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the noon meal called?
(a) Grub.
(b) Lunch.
(c) Brunch.
(d) Dinner.

2. How much does Scully tell the Swede he owes?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Five dollars.
(c) Two dollars.
(d) One dollar.

3. How could Scully be characterized?
(a) Sullen.
(b) Crazy.
(c) Boisterous.
(d) Depressed.

4. What kind of card player does the cowboy turn out to be?
(a) Silent.
(b) Shifty.
(c) Raucous.
(d) Horrible.

5. Which of the following is not mentioned when Scully talks about the growth of the town?
(a) A new library.
(b) A new railroad.
(c) A big factory.
(d) An electric streetcar.

6. Who is the author of THE BLUE HOTEL?
(a) Steven Crane.
(b) Stephen Crain.
(c) Stephen Heron.
(d) Stephen Crane.

7. Why does Scully go to the Swede's room?
(a) To change the linens.
(b) To drop off clean laundry.
(c) To try to figure out what is going on.
(d) To drop off a newspaper.

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

9. How does the Swede respond when Johnnie says he does not know what the Swede meant by his outrageous comment?
(a) He pistol whips him.
(b) He winks at him.
(c) He throws a whiskey bottle at him.
(d) He spits at him.

10. What does the Easterner think the Swede has read?
(a) Too many dime novels.
(b) The Bible.
(c) History books.
(d) Comic books about the West.

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

12. Which of the following men does not discuss the situation with the Swede at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Johnnie.
(b) The cowboy.
(c) The Easterner.
(d) Scully.

13. Who does Scully blame for the trouble with the Swede?
(a) The Easterner.
(b) The cowboy.
(c) The Chinese cook.
(d) Johnnie.

14. In what time period does THE BLUE HOTEL take place?
(a) Late-1900s.
(b) Late-1700s.
(c) Late-1800s.
(d) Early-1800s.

15. What question does Scully ask the Swede?
(a) If he will be staying for supper.
(b) If he wants water for a bath.
(c) If he really thinks the others are out to kill him.
(d) If he wants an early check-out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Scully look for under the bed?

2. What is the Swede's problem?

3. Who serves the noon day meal?

4. In what town is the hotel located?

5. What is Scully's son's name?

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