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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does not occur after the accusation of cheating occurs?
(a) Pushing.
(b) Threats.
(c) Apologies.
(d) Shoving.

2. What does the Swede ask Scully?
(a) If he did any property damage.
(b) If Johnnie is OK.
(c) How much he owes him.
(d) If he can get a sandwich to go.

3. What is the demeanor of the Easterner and the cowboy as the men prepare to go outside?
(a) Silent.
(b) Boastful.
(c) Confident.
(d) Very nervous.

4. Who serves the meal to the guests?
(a) The barmaid.
(b) Scully's daughters.
(c) Johnnie.
(d) The Chinese cook.

5. What do the men do after the Swede falls to the floor?
(a) Try to revive him.
(b) Throw him out in the snow.
(c) Keep drinking whiskey.
(d) Leave the saloon.

6. The Swede is convinced he will be fighting ________________.
(a) The cowboy.
(b) All the men.
(c) Scully.
(d) The farmer.

7. Who does the Swede mimic before leaving the hotel?
(a) Johnnie.
(b) The Easterner.
(c) The cowboy.
(d) Scully.

8. Who dominates the conversation during the meal?
(a) The cowboy.
(b) Scully.
(c) Johnnie.
(d) The Swede.

9. Who pleads for the men to stop the fight after Johnnie is injured?
(a) The Easterner.
(b) A minister.
(c) The farmer.
(d) Scully.

10. What words does Scully hear that disrupts his evening?
(a) "I'll kill you if you try that again!"
(b) "You lying scum!"
(c) "You are cheatin!"
(d) "You cheatin' son of a bitch!"

11. What does the cowboy do when he realizes he can't fight the Swede?
(a) Spits into a cardboard box.
(b) Goes outside into the snow.
(c) Drinks whiskey from the bottle.
(d) Paces the floor.

12. What does the bartender do when the Swede becomes more demanding?
(a) Tries to defuse the situation.
(b) Breaks a bottle over his head.
(c) Punches him in the face.
(d) Kicks him out of the saloon.

13. What does the bartender ultimately ask the Swede?
(a) What his line of work is.
(b) How he injured his face.
(c) If he wants to run a tab.
(d) Where he is headed.

14. Scully and the cowboy describe __________________ .
(a) What they would do to the Swede.
(b) Their first girlfriends.
(c) Their childhoods.
(d) Their mothers.

15. What does the bartender talk about?
(a) His family.
(b) The Swede's job.
(c) The weather.
(d) The town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What remains the constant source of comfort in the story?

2. What does the Swede say about the nasty weather?

3. Scully tells the cowboy that it ________________________ to fight the Swede.

4. Why is it hard to tell what is going on with the fight?

5. Which of the following does not describe the conditions outside?

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