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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the general demeanor of the couple?
(a) They are loud.
(b) They are dirty.
(c) They are sloppy.
(d) They are shy.
2. What does the couple do when they exit the train?
(a) They run.
(b) They mount horses and gallop away.
(c) They get to their carriage and ride away.
(d) They slink away.
3. How does the couple feel about each other?
(a) They are strangers.
(b) They really don't like each other.
(c) They are in love.
(d) They are poilite to each other.
4. What does the porter do for Jack as they approach Yellow Sky?
(a) Gives him a shave.
(b) Pulls his luggage from the overhead bins.
(c) Brushes off his suit.
(d) Cleans his shoes.
5. Why does Jack remain so secretive?
(a) He thinks his bride is not very pretty.
(b) Getting married so quickly is a scandal.
(c) He knows his bride is lower-class.
(d) He doesn't want the town to know how much money he spent.
6. When the drummer wants to continue asking questions, what do the other men in the bar do?
(a) Motion for him to remain silent.
(b) Shoot at him to make him shut up.
(c) Put their fingers on their lips to be quiet.
(d) Yell at him to shut up.
7. What does Jack do in Yellow Sky?
(a) He is the town drummer.
(b) He is the town barkeeper.
(c) He is a salesman.
(d) He is the town marshal.
8. Why is the man's face reddened?
(a) He has high blood pressure.
(b) He drinks a lot.
(c) He is embarrased.
(d) From years of working outdoors.
9. Where did Jack once shoot Scratchy?
(a) In the leg.
(b) On his ear.
(c) In the foot.
(d) His arm.
10. What does the man say who enters the bar?
(a) That Jack's new bride has arrived.
(b) That Scratchy Wilson is drunk.
(c) That Scratchy just came in on the train.
(d) That Jack is returning on the train.
11. What does the man tell the drummer as he walks into the bar about what will happen in the town?
(a) Scratchy will kill the dog."
(b) Scratchy will shoot up this bar."
(c) "Scratchy will shoot up everyon in the town."
(d) "For the next few hours this town won't be a health resort."
12. What can be seen from the train window?
(a) Rivers only.
(b) Small farms that look abandoned.
(c) Texas like a desert.
(d) Texas, green grass, clumps of houses, trees.
13. What does a man in the bar tell the drummer about what is about to happen?
(a) "There is going to be some shooting."
(b) "Jack will arrive and shoot Scratchy."
(c) "Someone will die."
(d) "Scratchy will pass out on the porch of the bar."
14. As the groom shows the bride the appointments of the train car, how is he acting?
(a) Llike he is ignorant.
(b) Like he is afraid.
(c) Like the owner.
(d) Too loud.
15. At first, the drummer refuses to come behind the bar. Why?
(a) He wants to see Scratchy.
(b) He wants to bring the dog in.
(c) He wants to be able to make a break for the door.
(d) He wants to shoot at Scratchy.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the train need to do when it reaches the station?
2. Where is the barkeeper's dog?
3. What does the porter do to make the exit from the train easier?
4. What does the drummer discover in his hiding place?
5. Who sold the groom the pocket watch?
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