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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 shot the man?

2. What have Gil and Art been doing all winter?

3. Why is Gil in such a foul mood?

4. Why does Art join the game?

5. Who is the first man to discuss revenge and action?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Why does Tetley decide to call a vote the following morning? Who is at the head of the group who is against hanging Martin and his men? How many men stand with him? Who doesn't step forward, but agrees with bringing the men down to face legal consequences instead? What might the outcome have been had the remaining holdouts stepped forward?

Essay Topic 3

What does Martin want the posse to do? Why won't anyone agree to this request? When the course of the future seems set, what two requests does Martin have? What does the posse do in the mean time? Who does Martin enlist for help? In what way does this request cause Martin anxiety after a short time? What mistake does Martin make in this regard and why?

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