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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. Who serves the noon day meal?
(a) A Chinese cook.
(b) A retired railroad cook.
(c) Scully's daughters.
(d) Scully's wife.

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

3. Why does the hotel owner meet the train every day?
(a) To pick up supplies.
(b) To meet newcomers to town.
(c) To lure potential guests to the hotel.
(d) To buy newspapers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the noon meal called?

2. What is Scully's older son's profession?

3. What nationality does the cowboy think the Swede is?

4. What does Johnnie call the Swede?

5. Where does Scully take the Swede?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Scully go to the Swede's room?

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

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

4. What happens after the farmer leaves a card game he had been playing with Scully's son, Johnnie?

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

6. How does Scully try to change the subject to prevent the Swede from leaving the hotel?

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

8. How do the cowboy, the Easterner and Johnnie react to the Swede's unusual behavior?

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

10. What is ironic about Scully showing the pictures of his children to the frightened Swede?

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