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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Scratchy not a student of?
(a) Chivalry.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Ethics.
(d) Gunfighting.
2. What does Scratchy do at the end of Chapter 3 as he waits for Jack to appear?
(a) He goes to the train station.
(b) He walks back to the bar.
(c) He reloads his guns.
(d) He keeps shouting.
3. What kind of structures are built along main street?
(a) Wooden shops.
(b) Wood houses.
(c) Sod houses.
(d) Adobe.
4. At the end of Chapter 3 Scratchy is in the deepest rage over what?
(a) The immobility of the hosue.
(b) Jack's refusal to fight.
(c) Jack's chickens.
(d) Jack's hiding in the house.
5. Where was the shirt made?
(a) Dodge.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Kansas City.
(d) New York.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Scratchy identify the bride?
2. What color shirt is Scratchy wearing?
3. When Scratchy confronts Jack, how much does Jack move backwards?
4. What is the barkeeper's dog doing when Scratchy approaches?
5. What is the beauty of the train a symbol for in Jack's mind?
Short Essay Questions
1. Judging from the bride's reaction, do you think she's ever been faced with anything like this before? Why? Why not? What does this tell the reader about her home in San Antonio?
2. What is Scratchy's reaction to Jack telling him that he's married?
3. What are all of the houses made of? What does this tell us about the area? What kind of weather do they encounter? What heritage do the Texans have?
4. What is the dog a symbol of? What is the dog supposed to be in this story?
5. The author alludes to fighting 200 Mexicans. What does this tell us about the history of Yellow Sky?
6. What does the stillness and silence of the city signify? Why does the author state that the silence was like the "arch of a tomb" over Scratchy's head?
7. When Jack encounters Scratchy, does he show fear? Why do you think that?
8. Why does Jack remind Scratchy that he didn't make the trouble?
9. Why does the couple walk quickly to get to Jack's house? What are they afraid of? If they had not been so afraid, could they have avoided trouble?
10. Upon encountering Scratchy what does Jack do that gives the reader the idea that he's been in tough spots before? What does he do by instinct alone?
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