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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the rest of the men in the saloon respond?
(a) They believe the town is all but dead now, too.
(b) They offer to ride with him.
(c) They believe the killer should be lynched.
(d) They think the Sheriff is a lout.

2. What do the rest of the men suggest to Farnley instead?
(a) That he remain until the killer is apprehended.
(b) That he wait for a new partner to be hired.
(c) That he rethink his decision to leave.
(d) That he wait for a posse to be formed.

3. Who becomes upset with Gil at the poker table?
(a) Art.
(b) Canby.
(c) Farnley.
(d) Gil.

4. What does Farnley suggest?
(a) They get more whiskey.
(b) They play a simpler game.
(c) They quit for the night.
(d) They arm wrestle for it.

5. Who owns the local saloon where they first stop in?
(a) Danby.
(b) Candy.
(c) Canby.
(d) Bandy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who picks up his winnings for him?

2. What does Amigo contribute to the group?

3. What does the Judge attempt to do while the group is waiting for the last few to join them?

4. What intentions does Farnley announce?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Kinkaid and Farnley discover just before roundup?

2. What does Davies believe that Farnley should do, and how many men agree with him?

3. What does Smith do while they are waiting that backfires on him?

4. What kind of alcohol does Canby have in his saloon, and what does he serve?

5. Why do Art and Gil talk very little on the ride into Bridger's Wells?

6. Why does Art hope that Gil will take a hint and quit playing poker when Art announces he has had enough?

7. Why have Art and Gil been away from Bridger's Wells for so long?

8. What is the one subject that Winder seemed to always get around to harping about, and why?

9. Why is Art later surprised that Bartlett managed to succeed in stirring up the men as easily as he did?

10. Other than the houses that dot the landscape, what businesses exist in Bridger's Wells?

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