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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the gunslinger's dream?
(a) A thirsty dream
(b) A frightening dream
(c) An eerie dream
(d) An arid dream

2. What is the age of the old man that the fugitive cures?
(a) 35
(b) 85
(c) 62
(d) 91

3. What is unusual about Brown's description of growing corn?
(a) He says that it doesn't grow anymore.
(b) He says that he could hear it growing.
(c) He says that it takes twelve months to grow.
(d) He says that it rots on the vine.

4. What does Alice think about the gunslinger when he makes no comment when she is finished talking?
(a) She thinks he fell asleep.
(b) She thinks he is crazed.
(c) She thinks he died.
(d) She thinks he is too scared to speak.

5. What do the boys ask their fathers about the hanging in the town?
(a) They ask if they can talk to the prisoner before the hanging.
(b) They ask if they can offer prayers before the hanging.
(c) They ask if they can watch.
(d) They ask that they not be made to watch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the gunslinger offer to pay Brown for?

2. Where does the light come from in Brown's hut?

3. Who taught the gunslinger how to shoot?

4. What possibility can't the gunslinger bear to think about?

5. What does the gunslinger decide to do with his mule?

(see the answer key)

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