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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the drummer wants to continue asking questions, what do the other men in the bar do?
(a) Shoot at him to make him shut up.
(b) Yell at him to shut up.
(c) Put their fingers on their lips to be quiet.
(d) Motion for him to remain silent.

2. How many miles is it from one end of the state to the other?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 1,500.

3. Where is the train going?
(a) Dallas.
(b) San Antonio.
(c) Yellow Sky.
(d) Amarillo.

4. What does the train need to do when it reaches the station?
(a) Take on water.
(b) Load more firewood.
(c) Cool off.
(d) Replenish the coal.

5. What is the man doing who sits in the tilted chair at the end of the railway station?
(a) He is asleep.
(b) He smokes a pipe.
(c) He is reading.
(d) He is whittling.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the men in the bar know Scratchy is approaching?

2. Where did the man buy the pocket watch?

3. Where does Scratchy find the piece of paper?

4. At first, the drummer refuses to come behind the bar. Why?

5. What does Scratchy say when Jack tells him of his morning?

(see the answer key)

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