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

2. What does the bartender do when the Swede becomes more demanding?
(a) Kicks him out of the saloon.
(b) Tries to defuse the situation.
(c) Breaks a bottle over his head.
(d) Punches him in the face.

3. Who yells to Johnnie to kill the Swede?
(a) The cowboy.
(b) The cowboy.
(c) Scully.
(d) The farmer.

4. Scully tells the cowboy that it ________________________ to fight the Swede.
(a) Would solve everything.
(b) Would not be right.
(c) Is only natural to want.
(d) Would not solve anything.

5. What is the demeanor of the Easterner and the cowboy as the men prepare to go outside?
(a) Confident.
(b) Silent.
(c) Boastful.
(d) Very nervous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the bartender ultimately ask the Swede?

2. What does Scully tell the Swede that he owes him?

3. How many patrons are in the saloon?

4. Who says he would like the chance to fight the Swede?

5. What words does the Swede mimic?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is another card game decided after supper?

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

3. How does the author use foreshadowing in the behavior of Johnnie and the Swede prior to the card game?

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

5. How does Chapter 8 begin?

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

7. How do the cowboy and Scully erupt after the Swede leaves the hotel?

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

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

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

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