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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 knocks Gil out?

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

3. Why does Gil suddenly leave the bar?

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

5. What does Gil soon get into?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Art hope that Gil will take a hint and quit playing poker when Art announces he has had enough?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Davies claim that lynch mobs are always wrong?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What current events have Art and Gil missed while working with the cattle on the ranch? Why is it likely that they were not affected directly? How large is this problem and what is being done about it? What resources are available to the ranchers? What other options are open to them?

Essay Topic 3

Which of the three men attempts to escape? What distraction does he take advantage of? How far does he get before his escape attempt is discovered? How does he respond when he knows he has been discovered? What do the men of the posse find on him when they finally catch him and bring him back? How does that cause the situation to deteriorate further? What logical explanation is there? How do the men of the posse see it?

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