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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the reader know the drummer is nervous?
(a) He is perspiring.
(b) He seems trigger happy.
(c) He can't stop talking.
(d) He can't stop laughing.

2. How does Scratchy secure the piece of paper that he shoots at?
(a) With his knife.
(b) With a pin.
(c) With a nail.
(d) With his pistol.

3. What is the distance between Scratchy and Jack when they meet?
(a) Twenty paces.
(b) Ten paces.
(c) Three paces.
(d) Six paces.

4. What river runs by the town of Yellow Sky?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Rio Grande.
(c) Colorado.
(d) Mississippi.

5. What did the color of the wood on the train look like?
(a) Dark as the surface of a pool of oil.
(b) The color of a beautiful brown horse.
(c) The color of shoe polish.
(d) Gleaming like a wooden coach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the area under the bar made of?

2. Why does Jack tell Scratchy to shoot him now?

3. What does the bartender do when he hears about Scratchy?

4. Why did Jack go to San Antonio?

5. What defining features do Scratchy's boots have?

(see the answer key)

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