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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. How do Jack and his wife walk through the town?
2. Why is the newly married couple walking with their heads low?
3. Where does Scratchy find the piece of paper?
4. What does Jack say he'd have done if he'd known that Scratchy would be there waiting for him?
5. What color shirt is Scratchy wearing?
Short Essay Questions
1. Do you think the dog has been shot before? Why did he not move when he heard Scratchy coming up the street?
2. When Scratchy says, "there ain't a man his Texas that don't have a gun" do you think that's true? Think back to the scene in the bar. Did everyone have a gun?
3. Judging from Scratchy's question about Sunday School, do you think men in Yellow Sky carry guns to church?
4. Why would Jack not carry a gun on the day he is married?
5. When the bride and groom round the corner and meet Scratchy, what is Jack about to do? How would this scene have been different if Scratchy hadn't been there?
6. How does the author describe the gunman's anger? Describe the muscles in his neck. What are they doing? How does he look?
7. 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?
8. 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?
9. What is the dog a symbol of? What is the dog supposed to be in this story?
10. What does Scratchy's attire tell the reader about him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
What does the appearance of the bride and groom tell the reader about their wedding? What information does the author give us about the couple's wedding morning? Do you think they wore the clothes they have on in the train to be married? Why? Why not? How much luggage is the couple traveling with? What does this tell us?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the porters as characters. Do you think being a porter was a good job at this time? Do you think they traveled? How do they regard the couple? Why? Why do they feel superior to this couple?
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