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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the farmer leave the card game?
(a) Return to work.
(b) Dinner time.
(c) A quarrel.
(d) Out of money.

2. Stephen Crane is known for stories about regular people who experience __________________________.
(a) Heart attacks.
(b) Visions.
(c) Great wealth.
(d) Extraordinary events.

3. What is the Swede's manner as Scully tries to change the subject?
(a) Sullen.
(b) Disdainful.
(c) Mesmerized.
(d) Inattentive.

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

5. Where does Scully take the Swede?
(a) To church.
(b) To the casino.
(c) Into the hall.
(d) To the saloon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Easterner think the Swede has read?

2. In what season of the year does THE BLUE HOTEL take place?

3. To what topic does Scully change the subject?

4. Which of the following does Scully not say about putting up with the Swede?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Swede's demeanor when he reenters the room with Scully?

2. What is the premise of THE BLUE HOTEL?

3. What is Scully's response to the Swede's intention to leave the hotel?

4. How does the Swede react to the whiskey offered to him by Scully?

5. How does Johnnie react to the Swede's startling statement?

6. How does the Swede behave when he rejoins the other men?

7. Who are the three train passengers that Scully brings to his hotel?

8. How does the Swede's behavior escalate into even more bizarre behavior after the men declare that they don't know why he made such a startling statement about men being killed in that room?

9. How does the cowboy react to the Swede's unusual statement?

10. Who are the two children in the portraits that Scully shows the Swede?

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