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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Scratchy like when he is sober?
2. What do the objects across the street from the bar resemble?
3. How many minutes before the train arrives in Yellow Sky are the men talking in the bar?
4. What is the bride's concern as she looks around the train car?
5. What does the bartender do when he hears about Scratchy?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Scratchy known for? What is his past?
2. Describe the town. Detail the colors and textures as experienced by a visitor. Why do you think the story is set in this town?
3. Why does the author say the bride has cooked before? What gives the reader the clue to her background?
4. When the barkeeper tells the drummer about Scratchy and his past, what do you think of the barkeeper? What does he really feel for Scratchy? What does Scratchy really feel for him?
5. What is the author telling us by the use of the word "ain't" by the bride?
6. Explain the role of the African-American porters in this story. How do they regard the couple? Why? Is this alluding to a reverse of racial attitudes of the times?
7. Describe Texas as viewed from the train.
8. What is the drummer's reaction to Jack's job? Do you get the sense that this is unusual for the drummer? He is a traveling man, but is not prepared for this. What does this say about the town of Yellow Sky?
9. What does the drummer say to the man who comes to the door with the warning?
10. Describe the bride's dress. Do you think this is her wedding dress? Why? Why not? Is this a dress she wears every day?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare the new train station and wooden platform with the old town. Why is the train station new? What does this tell the reader about progress in the town of Yellow Sky?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the drummer and his role in the story. Without the drummer and the barkeeper, how would the reader know what is about to take place? Can you imagine this scene without these two men talking?
Essay Topic 3
Do you think Scratchy is still a threat at the end of the story? Do you think he will do this again? Why? Why not? Do you think this situation changed forever? Do you think this is the end of gunfighting in this town? Why? Why not?
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