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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Scully's older son's profession?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Boxer.
(c) Chef.
(d) Professor.

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

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

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

5. Who eyes all the men in the room suspiciously?
(a) Scully.
(b) A priest.
(c) A Chinese man.
(d) The Swede.

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

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

8. Where are the men seated as they discuss the situation with the Swede?
(a) In the restaurant.
(b) In the Easterner's room.
(c) By the stove.
(d) In the saloon.

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

10. What are Scully and the Swede doing when they enter the room?
(a) Bickering.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Choking.
(d) Coughing.

11. The Swede says that he knows they _________________.
(a) Are cheaters.
(b) Are card sharks.
(c) Are going to kill him.
(d) Are ex-convicts.

12. Why does the hotel owner meet the train every day?
(a) To lure potential guests to the hotel.
(b) To meet newcomers to town.
(c) To buy newspapers.
(d) To pick up supplies.

13. Why does the Swede get up and leave the room?
(a) To get water.
(b) To go to the bank.
(c) To send a telegram.
(d) To change clothes.

14. What does Scully show the Swede?
(a) Pictures of his children.
(b) New carpet.
(c) New furniture.
(d) Fresh paint.

15. The Swede says that he is no __________________.
(a) Hero.
(b) Pushover.
(c) Tenderfoot.
(d) Saint.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Easterner think the Swede has put himself?

2. What does the Swede threaten to do?

3. During the game, the Swede says, "I suppose there have been a good many ______________ in this room."

4. Which of the following does not describe the Swede's laugh?

5. What would getting snowed in at the hotel mean to the men?

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