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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. With whom is Scully's son playing cards?
(a) A bartender.
(b) A priest.
(c) An old farmer.
(d) A barmaid.

6. What does Scully offer and the Swede declines?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Tea.
(d) Water.

7. What card game is Scully's son playing?
(a) High Five.
(b) Poker.
(c) Double Solitaire.
(d) Euchre.

8. What does Scully look for under the bed?
(a) A pair of boots.
(b) Dust.
(c) An old coat.
(d) A blanket.

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

10. What is the name of the hotel in THE BLUE HOTEL?
(a) The Palladium Hotel.
(b) The Palace Hotel.
(c) The Royal Suites.
(d) The Castle Hotel.

11. 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 spits at him.
(c) He winks at him.
(d) He throws a whiskey bottle at him.

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

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

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

15. The Swede becomes a partner with ________________ in a new card game.
(a) A shoe repairman.
(b) The Easterner.
(c) A dry goods store owner.
(d) A cook.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who serves the noon day meal?

2. Scully's son becomes a partner with _______________ in a new card game.

3. Where are the men seated as they discuss the situation with the Swede?

4. Stephen Crane is known for stories about regular people who experience __________________________.

5. Where does Scully go at the beginning of Chapter 3?

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