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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Gil suddenly leave the bar?
(a) He is going to be sick.
(b) He is worried about Canby.
(c) He doesn't want to be arrested.
(d) He is worried about starting a bar fight.

2. What does store owner Davies suggest Farnley do?
(a) Form a posse of his own.
(b) Wait for the Sheriff to intervene and take care of the killers.
(c) That he handle the burial arrangements for Kinkaid.
(d) Stay in town where it is safe.

3. What does Davies try to assure Jeff Farnley?
(a) That he will be arrested if he continues.
(b) That Kinkaid is probably still alive.
(c) That he is ready to act.
(d) That the rustlers will face justice.

4. Who is the first to become unconscious as a result?
(a) Farnley.
(b) Gil.
(c) Canby.
(d) Art.

5. Why does Smith mockingly suggest he join their cause?
(a) To say some words for those who are to be hung.
(b) To keep them honest.
(c) To make him feel important.
(d) They need one more body to join.

6. Why does Art join the game?
(a) To keep an eye on Gil.
(b) He has nothing better to do.
(c) He likes the waitress.
(d) To win some money for the weekend.

7. Why have Gil and Art not been back to Bridger's Wells all winter?
(a) The job required they stay at the cabin.
(b) They were too far away.
(c) Their horses were stolen.
(d) The snow was too deep.

8. What intentions does Farnley announce?
(a) His intention to leave Bridger's Wells.
(b) His intention to quit his line of work.
(c) His intention to return to work.
(d) His intention to find the killer.

9. Who gets into a fight?
(a) Art and Canby.
(b) Gil and Farnley.
(c) Art and Gil.
(d) Canby and Gil.

10. What does the Judge discover from talking to Greene?
(a) That he hadn't even seen Kinkaid first hand.
(b) That he was lying to them all.
(c) That he was the son of one of the rustlers.
(d) That he was paid to spread rumors.

11. Who wins big?
(a) Art.
(b) Canby.
(c) Gil.
(d) Farnley.

12. What does Farnley threaten to do if the men aren't ready soon?
(a) Find another group.
(b) Go by himself.
(c) Involve the Governor.
(d) Get the Sheriff.

13. Why does Art worried about Gil at the poker game?
(a) He is losing his winter wages.
(b) He is being cheated.
(c) He is cheating.
(d) He is spoiling for a fight.

14. What winning argument does Tetley have for leaving immediately?
(a) They are armed and ready.
(b) A storm is coming.
(c) The rustlers are getting too far ahead.
(d) The pass is long and small.

15. Who wants to change the kind of poker they are playing in the hopes of changing his luck?
(a) Farnley.
(b) Gil.
(c) Art.
(d) Canby.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Ma dislike based mostly on his profession?

2. How do the rest of the men in the saloon respond?

3. Why is Amigo so sure the group he saw was the rustlers?

4. What happens when the change of game does nothing to change anyone's luck?

5. What condition does Ma attach to her offer of free lodging?

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