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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 does Davies do that upsets Donald?

2. Who does Tetley ask to retrieve their guns?

3. How many riders do Davies and Art count ahead of them when they finally get started?

4. What does the old man tell Tetley to confirm he couldn't have killed anyone?

5. What is the first contact the group makes on the trail?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Mapes fires the shot that signaled the time to whip the horses out?

2. Why don't the men in the posse believe Martin when he explains the situation to them?

3. Why do the elder and younger Tetley's not see eye to eye?

4. Where do the men believe that the rustlers and their cattle might have stopped for the night?

5. What is the situation at the end of the Ox-Bow valley?

6. What does Donald Martin tell the posse when he is questioned about the fact that he has cattle with Drew's brand on them in his possession?

7. What does Martin beg the posse to do in order to give him and his men the benefit of the doubt?

8. Who does Tetley direct to be responsible for whipping the horses out from underneath the men who are about to be hanged and why?

9. What surprises Tetley and the rest of his group when they move in to confront the men they suspect of rustling and killing Kinkaid?

10. What is unusual about the fact that Art would give Sparks his coat, and why would many men not have done so?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As Art and Gil head back to Bridger's Wells, what do they see in the distance? When they get closer, what do they realize? Who is directly involved in what is going on? What do most of the people who witness this believe when it is over? As a result, what do they allow to happen? What occurs shortly afterward as a result? What is the reason for this action? Who else follows suit? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Why do Tetley Sr. and his son not get along? Why does Tetley Sr. insist that Gerald go with him and the group? What is Tetley Sr. hoping to accomplish by forcing his son to participate? What does Gerald tell Art on the way to Pike's Hole? What would he rather do?

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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