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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do other passengers on the train think of the couple?
(a) They are from San Antonio.
(b) They are rich.
(c) They are handsome.
(d) They are naive.

2. What do the objects across the street from the bar resemble?
(a) The yellow of a cliff.
(b) The grass on the theater stage.
(c) The vastness of the desert.
(d) The blue of the ocean.

3. When the drummer first hears the news of Scratchy, where does he stand?
(a) Against the window.
(b) Against the bar.
(c) Against the door.
(d) Against the wall.

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

5. 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) Motion for him to remain silent.
(c) Put their fingers on their lips to be quiet.
(d) Yell at him to shut up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Mexicans do for a living?

2. What does the barkeeper sit on?

3. How does the author describe Scratchy's reaction to Jack's marriage?

4. What does Jack think of when he is faced with the barrel of Scratchy's gun?

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

(see the answer key)

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