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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. Scratcy's yelling is met by what on Main Street?
(a) The men in the bar yelling back.
(b) Silence.
(c) The dog barking.
(d) Shooting.

2. Who made the shirt?
(a) His mother.
(b) His sister.
(c) Some Jewish women.
(d) His wife.

3. How does Scratchy get to Jack's house?
(a) He gets in a buggy.
(b) He runs.
(c) He walks.
(d) He rides his horse.

4. How does Scratchy identify the bride?
(a) He asks if she's staying in Yellow Sky.
(b) He asks if she is his cook.
(c) He asks if she is Jack's sister.
(d) He asks if she is the "lady."

5. What does Scratchy do to scare the dog?
(a) Shoots out the bar windows.
(b) Shoots an arrow near him.
(c) Kicks him.
(d) Shoots at the ground near him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Scratchy's little fingers move with the revolvers?

2. Why is Scratchy's face red?

3. Scratchy fumes at Jack's house like what?

4. What does Jack do with his suitcase when he sees Scratchy?

5. What orders about moving does Scratchy shoot at jack?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the gunman's anger? Describe the muscles in his neck. What are they doing? How does he look?

2. 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?

3. What is Apache scalp music? Why does Scratchy walk to Jack's house humming this music?

4. Does Jack Potter seem unafraid? Why? Does he know that Scratchy will not shoot him? Or does he feel he is ready if he is shot? Does Jack understand that Scratchy will have some ethics involved here?

5. What is the dog a symbol of? What is the dog supposed to be in this story?

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. Judging from Scratchy's question about Sunday School, do you think men in Yellow Sky carry guns to church?

8. What is the significance of the funnel-shaped tracks left by Scratchy's feet as he walks away from Jack and his wife?

9. 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?

10. Does Scratchy finally fire at the windows of the bar like the barkeeper thought he would? Is it good that everyone inside took cover?

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