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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Jack go to San Antonio?
(a) To buy a watch.
(b) For a business meeting.
(c) To meet his bride.
(d) To buy some land.

2. What time will the train arrive in Yellow Sky?
(a) 2:47 p.m.
(b) 3:42 p.m.
(c) 1:30 p.m.
(d) 4:52 p.m.

3. What is the bride's concern as she looks around the train car?
(a) Money.
(b) The reflective mirrors.
(c) Tripping over her dress.
(d) The danger.

4. What color is the bride's dress?
(a) White.
(b) Tan.
(c) Blue.
(d) Cream.

5. What does the bartender pull from beneath the bar?
(a) A bottle of brandy.
(b) A Winchester gun.
(c) Wood.
(d) Coal.

6. What does Jack do in Yellow Sky?
(a) He is a salesman.
(b) He is the town drummer.
(c) He is the town marshal.
(d) He is the town barkeeper.

7. What can be seen beyond the Rio Grande?
(a) Plum colored mesquite.
(b) Yellow rocks.
(c) The mountains.
(d) The river basin.

8. What does the drummer discover in his hiding place?
(a) More guns.
(b) Food.
(c) Armor.
(d) Books.

9. What is the name of the train?
(a) Texas Giant.
(b) Zepher.
(c) California Express.
(d) Rio Grande.

10. What does a man in the bar tell the drummer about what is about to happen?
(a) "Someone will die."
(b) "Jack will arrive and shoot Scratchy."
(c) "Scratchy will pass out on the porch of the bar."
(d) "There is going to be some shooting."

11. Why does the man on the platform not notice Jack and his wife?
(a) He is asleep.
(b) He is loading wood for the train.
(c) He is getting the water for the train.
(d) He is shoveling coal for the train.

12. When the man comes to the door of the bar with his warning, what does the drummer ask him to do?
(a) Forget it.
(b) Follow the Mexicans.
(c) Come in for a drink.
(d) Go away.

13. What is Scratchy like when he is sober?
(a) Moody and dark.
(b) A very happy guy.
(c) One of the nicest guys in town.
(d) Mean.

14. Who sold the groom the pocket watch?
(a) A watch salesman on the street.
(b) A man he knew.
(c) His grandfather gave it to him.
(d) The train master.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is apparent about the bride to the other passengers?

2. How does the couple feel about each other?

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

4. In the drummer's story, what was the woman carrying up the stairs?

5. What is the name of the bar?

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