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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the biggest man in the valley?

2. What winning argument does Tetley have for leaving immediately?

3. Who changes the attitude of the men waiting from a quarter of a mile away?

4. Who becomes upset with Gil at the poker table?

5. Who is the first to become unconscious as a result?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What ritual conversation do Gil and Canby engage in every time Gil arrives?

3. Why do Art and Gil talk very little on the ride into Bridger's Wells?

4. Who is Gabe and what is seen as his greatest value?

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

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

7. What does Canby do in an effort to support Judge Tyler's attempts to diffuse the lynch mob?

8. What does Davies ask Art to do, and why?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Tetley decide to call a vote the following morning? Who is at the head of the group who is against hanging Martin and his men? How many men stand with him? Who doesn't step forward, but agrees with bringing the men down to face legal consequences instead? What might the outcome have been had the remaining holdouts stepped forward?

Essay Topic 2

What do the members of the posse hear coming? How do they respond at first? When they decide to stop the stage to get information, how does the driver respond? What do the driver and guard believe is happening? How do they respond at first? Who suffers for the misconception? What happens? Who manages to make them understand that they are safe to pull over?

Essay Topic 3

Why do Gil and Art head immediately for Canby's saloon? Who is Gil looking for? What does he discover? Why is he upset when he discovers the whereabouts of Rose? What had Gil hoped for? What were his intentions with Rose? How does the reader know this? What does this information tell Art about Gil's frame of mind?

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