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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. Who has never been on a train before?
2. Where did the man buy the pocket watch?
3. What is the bride's concern as she looks around the train car?
4. Who waits on the couple when they eat?
5. What does the couple do when they exit the train?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is it important to know that the bride is neither pretty nor young?
2. Explain the significance of the character of the drummer?
3. Why does the man in the bar ask for a drink from the barkeeper and then swallow it down? Does this action seem out-of-place? Overly dramatic? Why? Why not?
4. Why does Jack refer to his wife as "girl?" What does this tell us about him? Is this an endearment? Why? Why not?
5. What is the symbolism of Jack's "brick colored" hands? What does this tell the reader about Jack?
6. When seated behind the bar, the barkeeper seems quite comfortable with this situation. Why?
7. Why do all the men in the bar want to see Jack? What can he do that they can't? It appears nobody is really going to fight? Is there a real danger here?
8. Describe Texas as viewed from the train.
9. Why does the author say the bride has cooked before? What gives the reader the clue to her background?
10. The groom mentions the price of $1.00 for a meal and the bride is astonished at the high price, worrying that they may not be able to afford such an extravagance. What does this tell us about the bride and groom.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the significance of the station master? What role is he playing for the bride and groom? Why do they not want to talk to him? Why do they dodge him?
Essay Topic 2
How is this story like other westerns you've read? What is the same? What is different? What about the hero and the foe? How are they the same? Different? What about the ending? Did you expect this ending? Why? Why not?
Essay Topic 3
What does the scenery out the train window and the encounter with Scratchy at the end of the story have in common? What does each scene tell us about the future of the Old West?
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