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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. What condition does Ma attach to her offer of free lodging?

2. How many people arrive with Tetley?

3. What does the Judge attempt to do while the group is waiting for the last few to join them?

4. Who is most affected by the death?

5. How far is it to the pass that it is believed the rustlers escaped through?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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?

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