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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who falls to the floor and dies?

2. Where does Scully go after supper?

3. What is the demeanor of the Easterner and the cowboy as the men prepare to go outside?

4. What are the men doing at the beginning of Chapter 7?

5. What is the Swede's demeanor when he prepares to leave the hotel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the conversation between the Swede and the bartender.

2. How does Chapter 8 begin?

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

4. How is another card game decided after supper?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the Swede change over the course of the story? Why does the author make his character so volatile? Is there any significance to his ethnic and cultural background? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Crane is a master at dramatic devices. Choose an example of symbolism, metaphor, and irony, and briefly describe them and identify the technique which they embody.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the overall setting for the story. Why does Crane use the setting he does? What is the time period of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?

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