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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Scully ask the Swede to do?
(a) Go to church.
(b) Have some supper.
(c) Read the newspaper.
(d) Follow him.

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

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

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

5. Where does Scully go at the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) The train depot.
(b) The Swede's room.
(c) The hospital.
(d) The bank.

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

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

8. What kind of card players are the Swede and the Easterner?
(a) Professional.
(b) Boisterous.
(c) Sullen.
(d) Obnoxious.

9. Which of the following does not describe the Swede's laugh?
(a) Unusual.
(b) High pitched.
(c) Guffaws.
(d) Nervous.

10. Who is the owner of the hotel?
(a) Pat Sullen.
(b) Pat Sully.
(c) Pat Scully.
(d) Paul Scully.

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

12. In what state does THE BLUE HOTEL take place?
(a) California.
(b) New York.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) New Mexico.

13. What does Scully try to do with the Swede?
(a) Get him to talk about his job.
(b) Play chess.
(c) Keep him from leaving.
(d) Play cards.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what topic does Scully change the subject?

2. What is wrapped in the old coat that Scully pulls from underneath the bed?

3. What is the name of Scully's older son?

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

5. How does the Swede react at first to the bottle of whiskey?

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