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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. Scratchy fumes at Jack's house like what?
2. Who offers to fight Scratchy?
3. What color shirt is Scratchy wearing?
4. What is Jack's wife's reaction to Scratchy?
5. What does Scratchy do when he sees Jack?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Do you think the dog has been shot before? Why did he not move when he heard Scratchy coming up the street?
3. Scratchy shoots twice and misses. Once at the paper and once at the dog. Do you think he misses the dog of purpose? Is he just trying to scare the dog? What about the paper?
4. Does Scratchy introduce himself to Jack's new wife? Why? Why not? How does he feel when he realizes that he is confronted with Jack's wife?
5. Why would Jack not carry a gun on the day he is married?
6. When Jack encounters Scratchy, does he show fear? Why do you think that?
7. Scratchy is described as a "wonder" with a gun, and, even drunk, seems to have amazing command of his weapons. What do you think Scratchy would shoot like sober? Does this tell the reader something about the kind of gun-fighter he used to be?
8. How does the author describe the gunman's anger? Describe the muscles in his neck. What are they doing? How does he look?
9. What is the significance of the funnel-shaped tracks left by Scratchy's feet as he walks away from Jack and his wife?
10. The author writes that Jack's house looks at Scratchy like a great stone god. What is the symbolism of this?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the difference between this story and other westerns? Who is the villain? Who is fighting the villain? Without a foe, where can this story go?
Essay Topic 2
Compare the fittings on the train with the fittings on the armor under the bar. What are the similarities? Differences? Why do you think the author described the fittings under the bar so carefully?
Essay Topic 3
How is Jack's job dependent upon gunfighters still being around? How will Jack's job change once this threat to society is gone?
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