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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the area under the bar made of?
(a) Thick wood.
(b) Zinc and copper fittings.
(c) Coal.
(d) Iron.

2. What orders about moving does Scratchy shoot at jack?
(a) Not to move an inch,
(b) Not to move a wink.
(c) Not to move a breath.
(d) Not to move a finger, not an eyelash.

3. What was Jack's instinct when he is confronted by Scratchy?
(a) He pushes his wife away.
(b) He pulls his wife to him.
(c) He doesn't move.
(d) He loosens his arm from his wife.

4. What does the bartender do when he hears about Scratchy?
(a) He gets a drink.
(b) He heads out of the bar.
(c) He gets his pistol.
(d) He locks and barricades the door.

5. Where is the barkeeper's dog?
(a) Sleeping at the end of main street.
(b) Out back, chasing rabbits.
(c) Sleeping under a table.
(d) He lays on the boardwalk that crosses the front door of the bar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the porter do to make the exit from the train easier?

2. At the end of Chapter 3 Scratchy is in the deepest rage over what?

3. What do the cords of Scratchy's neck do?

4. How does the author describe the fact that Jack has trouble speaking when he sees Scratchy?

5. Why does Jack remain so secretive?

(see the answer key)

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