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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 does Mark claim bought the ranch from Baker?
(a) Paul Tamer.
(b) Peter Wilde.
(c) Joe Johnson.
(d) Jim Jackman.

2. How many head of cattle does Amigo claim to have seen?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Forty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Forty five.

3. How long had the ranch been empty?
(a) Two years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Four years.
(d) Three years.

4. What does the old man tell Tetley to confirm he couldn't have killed anyone?
(a) Mr Martin was with him the whole time.
(b) He is a Budhist and believes all life is sacred.
(c) Mr. Martin won't let him have bullets in his gun.
(d) He is afraid of guns.

5. Who does Tetley ask to retrieve their guns?
(a) Gil.
(b) Farnley.
(c) Art.
(d) Gerald.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gil learn that upsets him?

2. What does Gerald claim makes up the biggest part of womens' power?

3. What kind of brand does Amigo describe, cinching the fact that the men he saw were the rustlers?

4. How many people stand with Davies when a vote is taken the next morning?

5. What does Martin request when Tetley has a tree prepared to hang them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sparks tell Art about as they wait in the shadows?

2. Where do the men believe that the rustlers and their cattle might have stopped for the night?

3. Who does Art find himself standing next to when the posse scatters after someone is convinced that they heard someone coming and what does Art do despite Sparks' objections?

4. What bothers Gil most about the posse and their intentions?

5. What is the tone of the conversation between Gerard and Art as they are on the trail to Pike's Hole and how does Gerald see men and women in general?

6. When the stage coach guard fires on the posse, who does he hit and how is he aware that he has hit anyone?

7. What is so important about the letter Martin wrote to his wife that Davies is trying to convince others in the posse to read it?

8. What evidence is revealed when Juan attempts to escape that seems to be an irrefutable link between the three men and Kinkaid's death?

9. How does Gil react when he realizes that Rose is one of the coach's passengers, and why?

10. Why don't the men in the posse believe Martin when he explains the situation to them?

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