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

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

3. Why is Bridger's Wells, Nevada almost a ghost town?
(a) The town is too far from everywhere.
(b) The town has no sheriff.
(c) The railroad quit.
(d) The stage no longer stops there.

4. What does Canby do to save the unconscious man?
(a) Gives a free round to all.
(b) Knocks out the aggressor.
(c) Throws them all outside.
(d) Closes the bar.

5. What happens to end the poker game?
(a) Gil's money is gone.
(b) The hotel serves supper.
(c) New riders arrive.
(d) A fight breaks out.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Art and Gil suspected in the recent cattle thefts?

2. Who wins big?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Gabe and what is seen as his greatest value?

2. What does Canby do in an effort to support Judge Tyler's attempts to diffuse the lynch mob?

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

4. What causes the men to remount and renew their intention to hunt down the men responsible for the rustling and Kinkaid's murder?

5. Who was the only man in the region who would willingly ride a mule, and why?

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

7. What is Gil looking forward to most about getting back to Bridger's Wells this spring?

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

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

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

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