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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 many people stand with Davies when a vote is taken the next morning?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

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

3. Where does Martin claim to have sold off his own cattle?
(a) San Diego.
(b) Salt Spring.
(c) Sonoma.
(d) Salinas.

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

5. Why can Donald Martin not produce a bill of sale?
(a) He claims to have had one but lost it.
(b) He claims to have used it to start the fire so they could keep warm.
(c) He claims Drew was in the pasture and couldn't give him one.
(d) He claims Drew told him he didn't need one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sparks claim is in all men?

2. What does Martin suggest to Tetley after Tetley inspects the brand on the cattle they were driving?

3. What does Gerald Tetley tell Art is the reason that man is now hunting man?

4. Where does the bullet hit him?

5. How many head of cattle does Martin claim to have with him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the stage rides by the group on the mountain road to Pike's Hole?

2. 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?

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

4. What happens when Mapes fires the shot that signaled the time to whip the horses out?

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

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

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

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. What does Donald Martin tell the posse when he is questioned about the fact that he has cattle with Drew's brand on them in his possession?

10. What does Martin beg the posse to do in order to give him and his men the benefit of the doubt?

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