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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many sons does Bartlett bring with him?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Two.
2. What happens to end the poker game?
(a) A fight breaks out.
(b) The hotel serves supper.
(c) New riders arrive.
(d) Gil's money is gone.
3. What does Farnley suggest?
(a) They quit for the night.
(b) They get more whiskey.
(c) They arm wrestle for it.
(d) They play a simpler game.
4. Who owns the local saloon where they first stop in?
(a) Canby.
(b) Bandy.
(c) Danby.
(d) Candy.
5. What does the Judge attempt to do while the group is waiting for the last few to join them?
(a) Talk them into going without weapons.
(b) Talk them into acting as a posse instead of a lynch mob.
(c) Talk them into picking up Risley.
(d) Talk them into going with their instincts.
6. How many people arrive with Tetley?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.
7. What does Canby tell Art?
(a) That he has a job for him.
(b) That some cattle have been missing recently.
(c) That his brother is in town.
(d) That his replacement hasn't shown up.
8. What does Canby suggest should be done?
(a) Sit and have another drink till cooler heads prevail.
(b) Go and get Sheriff Risley.
(c) Saddle up to chase the murderer down.
(d) Go home and let the law handle things.
9. Why does Art worried about Gil at the poker game?
(a) He is cheating.
(b) He is spoiling for a fight.
(c) He is being cheated.
(d) He is losing his winter wages.
10. Who wants to change the kind of poker they are playing in the hopes of changing his luck?
(a) Canby.
(b) Art.
(c) Gil.
(d) Farnley.
11. Why are Art and Gil suspected in the recent cattle thefts?
(a) Art has a history of cattle theft.
(b) They have an unusual amount of cash.
(c) They have been out of contact and have no alibis.
(d) Gil is defensive and mean.
12. What kind of gun does Tetley carry?
(a) A 357 Magnum.
(b) A pearl handled colt.
(c) A lever action rifle.
(d) A .38
13. What does Art suggest that Gil do?
(a) Buy Farnley a drink.
(b) Play Farnley again and let him win.
(c) Sleep it off.
(d) Return the money he won from Farnley.
14. Why have Gil and Art not been back to Bridger's Wells all winter?
(a) They were too far away.
(b) The snow was too deep.
(c) The job required they stay at the cabin.
(d) Their horses were stolen.
15. Who does Canby tell them has been spending a great deal of time in the area lately?
(a) The Sheriff.
(b) A Mexican gang.
(c) Railroad men.
(d) Telegraph men.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who becomes upset with Gil at the poker table?
2. Why does Art want Gil to leave the poker game?
3. Who did the Sheriff deputize before leaving town?
4. What does the Judge discover from talking to Greene?
5. Why does Art join the game?
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