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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprises the posse as they approach the fire of the suspected rustlers?
(a) There is no guard posted.
(b) It is an ambush.
(c) There are no cattle.
(d) There is no one there.

2. Where does Martin claim to have sold off his own cattle?
(a) San Diego.
(b) Sonoma.
(c) Salt Spring.
(d) Salinas.

3. Who stands beside Art in the dark when the group thinks someone is coming?
(a) Smith.
(b) Gil.
(c) Gerald.
(d) Sparks.

4. What does Amigo contribute to the group?
(a) He came across a small group of rustled cattle.
(b) He found the gun that killed Kinkaid.
(c) He knew one of the rustlers.
(d) He saw the rustlers as they were leaving.

5. Why can Donald Martin not produce a bill of sale?
(a) He claims Drew told him he didn't need one.
(b) He claims to have used it to start the fire so they could keep warm.
(c) He claims to have had one but lost it.
(d) He claims Drew was in the pasture and couldn't give him one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does the new rider bring?

2. Which people immediately try to dissuade the men from forming a lynch mob?

3. What does Art suggest Gil do?

4. Who knocks Gil out?

5. What kind of brand does Amigo describe, cinching the fact that the men he saw were the rustlers?

(see the answer key)

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