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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 does Smith antagonize into joining them in their search for the rustlers/murderers?

2. What does Art suggest that Gil do?

3. Why does Gil suddenly leave the bar?

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

5. How many people does Canby offer to put up for the night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Smith do while they are waiting that backfires on him?

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

3. Why have Art and Gil been away from Bridger's Wells for so long?

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

5. What news does a rider bring that raises hostilities towards newcomers especially from Farnley?

6. Why is Gil so angry and disappointed when he learns that Rose has already left Bridger's Wells?

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

8. What causes the men to remount and renew their intention to hunt down the men responsible for the rustling and Kinkaid's murder?

9. Why is Art later surprised that Bartlett managed to succeed in stirring up the men as easily as he did?

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

Who asks Art to accompany Joyce as he goes to get Judge Tyler? What is the purpose of asking the Judge to attend? What do they hope he will accomplish? What happens to the mob while Art and Joyce are gone? What offer does Canby make in an effort to influence the intentions of the group? Does it work?

Essay Topic 3

Who arrives that sways the group to a more negative outlook? What is his background? Why does he automatically become the unofficial leader of the group? What information does he bring with him? How does that change the intentions of the group? What does Mapes do before the group leaves? Why does the judge disagree with this?

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