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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 kind of horse does Tetley ride?

2. What does Art suggest Gil do?

3. Why is Amigo so sure the group he saw was the rustlers?

4. Who is the first to become unconscious as a result?

5. Why does Smith mockingly suggest he join their cause?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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