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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. Who did Ma dislike based mostly on his profession?
(a) Mapes.
(b) Osgood.
(c) Canby.
(d) Gil.

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

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

4. Who knocks Gil out?
(a) Carter.
(b) Art.
(c) Farnley.
(d) Canby.

5. Who changes the attitude of the men waiting from a quarter of a mile away?
(a) Jenny Grier.
(b) Carl Bartlett.
(c) Gerald Tetley.
(d) Nate Bartlett.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who picks up his winnings for him?

2. How many sons does Bartlett bring with him?

3. Why does Art join the game?

4. Why does Art worried about Gil at the poker game?

5. How far is it to the pass that it is believed the rustlers escaped through?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Art and Gil feel about the whole situation?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who is the only man in sight when Gil and Art pull into Bridger's Wells?

8. What does Canby tell Art and Gil regarding events they have missed while working through the winter?

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

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

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