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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. Where was Sparks staying?

2. Who knocks Gil out?

3. What does the Judge discover from talking to Greene?

4. Who picks up his winnings for him?

5. Who shot the man?

Short Essay Questions

1. Other than the houses that dot the landscape, what businesses exist in Bridger's Wells?

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

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

6. What is Gil looking forward to most about getting back to Bridger's Wells this spring?

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

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

9. What do Kinkaid and Farnley discover just before roundup?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do Tetley and his group discover when they approach the fire in Ox-Bow valley? How does Tetley organize the group? Why are some of the men in the group surprised? Who interrogates the men at the fire? Who speaks for them, and what does he tell the group? Where are he and his two men headed? What does he have with him? Why don't the men believe him? What conflicting evidence is there?

Essay Topic 2

Who comes to Art with a version of a confession? Why? What is so disturbing to him about the whole incident? How does he arrive at the conclusions that he does? What does he tell Art that he knew well in advance? Why did he not do anything about it? How does Art respond to the entire confession? What does he recommend? What conclusion do Art and Gil both reach? Why is that a paradox?

Essay Topic 3

Which of the passengers in the stage surprises the men in the posse? What is more surprising than this passenger's presence? How is Gil affected? What is Art urged to do and why? How does he respond? What is the reason for his decision? How does he hold up after the stage leaves? Who approaches Gil with a barely disguised warning? How does Gil respond?

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