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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What do all four card players do at once?
(a) Burst into song.
(b) Rise from the table.
(c) Swig shots of whiskey.
(d) Throw down their cards.

4. How does Scully begin to speak as he gets agitated?
(a) In Spanish.
(b) In unintelligible sounds.
(c) In short bursts.
(d) In an Irish brogue.

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

6. Why does Johnnie say he can't go on after he is injured the second time?
(a) Fighting is no way to settle anything.
(b) His jaw is broken.
(c) He had the wind knocked out of him.
(d) The Swede was too heavy for him.

7. Why is it hard to tell what is going on with the fight?
(a) It is too dark.
(b) The snow is too deep.
(c) The men are drunk.
(d) The blizzard blocks the view.

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

9. Who is the man who accuses someone of cheating?
(a) The Swede.
(b) Johnnie.
(c) The Easterner.
(d) The cowboy.

10. What does the Swede do repeatedly at the bar?
(a) Drinks more shots of whiskey.
(b) Pistol whips the patrons.
(c) Spits on the floor.
(d) Swears.

11. The patrons are _________________ and refuse to drink with the Swede.
(a) Anti-social.
(b) Angry.
(c) Curious.
(d) Silent.

12. Who remains quiet and observing during the meal?
(a) Johnnie.
(b) The cowboy.
(c) The Easterner.
(d) Scully.

13. Who is the man accused of cheating?
(a) The farmer.
(b) Johnnie.
(c) The Swede.
(d) The cowboy.

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

15. What is the Swede's demeanor when he prepares to leave the hotel?
(a) Swaggering.
(b) Sullen.
(c) Talkative.
(d) Apologetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who yells to Johnnie to kill the Swede?

2. What does the cowboy ask the Swede?

3. How does Scully try to intercept a fight between the Swede and the cowboy?

4. What does the Swede stare at blankly from the floor?

5. What does the Swede ask Scully?

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