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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 does the Mexican in the trio respond to all questions at first?
(a) With disbelief.
(b) No Sabbey.
(c) With angry justification.
(d) With silence.

2. Which of the trio led by Martin is feeble minded?
(a) Alvin Hartick.
(b) Alva Hardwick
(c) Allan Hartwick.
(d) Alton Harchest.

3. What does Martin request when Tetley has a tree prepared to hang them?
(a) He asks to be allowed to write a letter.
(b) He asks for a cigarette.
(c) He asks for a last meal.
(d) He asks to see his wife and children again.

4. Who is shot in the confusion that follows?
(a) Gil.
(b) Gerald.
(c) Sparks.
(d) Art.

5. Who does Bartlett recognize?
(a) Donald Martin.
(b) Jesus Martinez.
(c) Francisco Morez.
(d) Alvin Hartick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who's ranch does Martin claim to have purchased?

2. What does Art offer Sparks?

3. What does the old man tell Tetley to confirm he couldn't have killed anyone?

4. Where does Donald Martin claim to live?

5. Who is in the stage?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What is the situation at the end of the Ox-Bow valley?

4. What surprises Tetley and the rest of his group when they move in to confront the men they suspect of rustling and killing Kinkaid?

5. What is unusual about the fact that Art would give Sparks his coat, and why would many men not have done so?

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

7. Why is the other evidence offered by Martin to support his claims of innocence refuted by the posse members?

8. What makes Gil confront Tetley and why do they almost come to blows?

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

10. Why do the elder and younger Tetley's not see eye to eye?

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