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

2. In what timeframe does THE BLUE HOTEL take place?
(a) Less than 2 weeks.
(b) Less than 2 hours.
(c) More than 24 years.
(d) Less than 24 hours.

3. What does Johnnie call the Swede?
(a) "Not the brightest bulb in the box."
(b) The "looniest toon" he's ever come across.
(c) The "doddangedst Swede" he's ever seen.
(d) "Two bubbles short of level."

4. How could the Swede's countenance be described as he talks to Scully?
(a) Blase.
(b) Shaky.
(c) Terrified.
(d) Confident.

5. Why does Scully yell at Johnnie?
(a) To bring new patrons from the station.
(b) To move from his place by the stove.
(c) To get more whiskey.
(d) To get clean glasses.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Scully show the Swede?

4. What does Scully look for under the bed?

5. In what time period does THE BLUE HOTEL take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the real name of the Blue Hotel and who is the proprietor?

2. What is the mood in the hotel at the beginning of Chapter 2 and what happens to alter it?

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

4. What is the setting for THE BLUE HOTEL?

5. With what gesture does Scully get the Swede to relax a little bit?

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. Why is the Swede a difficult character to grasp?

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