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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 appoints himself as their leader?
(a) Mapes.
(b) Tetley.
(c) Farnley.
(d) Smith.
2. Who is the focus of the story Gil narrates to Art during their conversation?
(a) Sparks.
(b) Elder Tetley.
(c) Farnley.
(d) Gerald.
3. Who does Mark claim bought the ranch from Baker?
(a) Jim Jackman.
(b) Paul Tamer.
(c) Joe Johnson.
(d) Peter Wilde.
4. What does Art offer Sparks?
(a) A rifle.
(b) A hat.
(c) A blanket.
(d) Advice.
5. What is the first contact the group makes on the trail?
(a) A traveling medicine man.
(b) A milner with samples.
(c) A preacher.
(d) The stage coach.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Donald Martin claim to live?
2. What does Sparks claim is in all men?
3. How does the Mexican in the trio respond to all questions at first?
4. How many head of cattle does Amigo claim to have seen?
5. Who does Bartlett recognize?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Martin beg the posse to do in order to give him and his men the benefit of the doubt?
2. Who does Tetley direct to be responsible for whipping the horses out from underneath the men who are about to be hanged and why?
3. Why is the other evidence offered by Martin to support his claims of innocence refuted by the posse members?
4. 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?
5. When it is clear to Martin that the posse is not willing to help him to prove their innocence, what does Martin request?
6. What group of riders heads the posse and what do they discover at the mountain path leading to the town of Pike's Hole?
7. 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?
8. What surprises Tetley and the rest of his group when they move in to confront the men they suspect of rustling and killing Kinkaid?
9. When the stage coach guard fires on the posse, who does he hit and how is he aware that he has hit anyone?
10. What was the argument that Martin has with Davies, and why was it so important that Martin was willing to risk further wrath from his executioners?
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