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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. Why does Art worried about Gil at the poker game?

2. What information does Major Tetley bring with him?

3. What was young Greene tasked to do originally?

4. What does Art suggest Gil do?

5. Who wants to change the kind of poker they are playing in the hopes of changing his luck?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who was the only man in the region who would willingly ride a mule, and why?

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

7. What do the bulk of the men assembling to ride with Farnley believe?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What does Farnley learn that has him mounting his horse and getting ready to leave? Why is he stopped by several men in the saloon? Who tries to change his mind? How successful is he? What is the driving force of Farnley's motivation? What do some of the other cowboys convince him to do?

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