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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 role has Scully maintained throughout the story?
(a) Psychiatrist.
(b) Pacifist.
(c) Referee.
(d) Antagonist.

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

3. What is Scully's demeanor during the fight?
(a) Angry.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Passive.
(d) Raucous.

4. What does the bartender pretend not to notice?
(a) The Swede's big ears.
(b) The Swede's bloody face.
(c) The Swede's torn clothes.
(d) The Swede's shabby coat.

5. Who tells the Swede that the Swede has won?
(a) The cowboy.
(b) The Easterner.
(c) Scully.
(d) Johnnie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What meal is served at the beginning of Chapter 5?

2. What does the cowboy do when he realizes he can't fight the Swede?

3. What does the Swede ask the bartender?

4. Who is the man accused of cheating?

5. What does Scully do during the card game?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Swede's fear about the fight initially?

2. How does Chapter 8 begin?

3. How does the fight actually end?

4. How do the cowboy and the Easterner anticipate the fight as they stand in the cold?

5. How does the author show that Scully has lost all reserves and control of his behavior after the Swede leaves?

6. Describe the Swede's snide behavior as he leaves the hotel.

7. How do the characters remain in their stereotypical roles during and after the fight?

8. How does the cowboy antagonize the Swede when he is ready to leave the hotel?

9. What is the response of the men when the Swede wants them to drink with him?

10. What words mark the climax of the story?

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