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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What distracts Art and makes it hard for him to concentrate on Davies?
(a) The sound of Rose talking downstairs.
(b) Gil and Rose talking.
(c) Gil's voice downstairs.
(d) The smell of food.

2. Who is the focus of the story Gil narrates to Art during their conversation?
(a) Sparks.
(b) Elder Tetley.
(c) Farnley.
(d) Gerald.

3. How many volunteered to join the Sheriff?
(a) All of them.
(b) Fifteen of twenty-eight.
(c) Twenty of twenty-eight.
(d) Ten of twenty-eight.

4. What does Gerald claim is the motivating factor of all men?
(a) Vanity.
(b) Lust.
(c) Greed.
(d) Power.

5. What condition does Ma attach to her offer of free lodging?
(a) They have to pay for their own food.
(b) They have to serve themselves.
(c) They have to make the beds afterward.
(d) They have to pay for liquor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is shot in the confusion that follows?

2. Who wants to change the kind of poker they are playing in the hopes of changing his luck?

3. What does Gerald claim he will do if they accomplish their goal?

4. How many people stand with Davies when a vote is taken the next morning?

5. Why does Gerald claim to have joined the group?

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