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

2. Who becomes the referee for the fight?
(a) The cowboy.
(b) Scully.
(c) The farmer.
(d) A minister.

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

4. What do the men decide to do after supper?
(a) Retire to their rooms.
(b) Play High Fives.
(c) Go to a saloon.
(d) Go to a show.

5. What does the Swede do when he is asked to remove his hand from the gambler's shoulder?
(a) Grabs the gambler's throat.
(b) Shoots the bartender.
(c) Shoots the gambler.
(d) Quietly leaves the saloon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Swede go after the fight is over?

2. What words does Scully hear that disrupts his evening?

3. What does the Swede ask the bartender?

4. Where does Scully go after supper?

5. Where does the Swede go to escape the weather?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is another card game decided after supper?

2. What is the irony of the gambler's character?

3. How does the Swede's obnoxious behavior result in his death?

4. How does the cowboy's anger exhibit during the fight and what does he yell?

5. Describe the weather the men encounter when they go outside for the fight.

6. How does the cowboy show that he is still agitated by the fight and what is Scully's response toward him?

7. What is the significance of the debt between the Swede and Scully and the cash register at the end of the story?

8. Explain how each of the characters responds in character to the accusation of cheating.

9. How can the supper at the hotel be described?

10. What do the stove and the cardboard box represent in Chapter 7?

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