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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 is the first to realize that he has been shot?

2. What does Gerald claim is the motivating factor of all men?

3. Where does Martin claim to have met him?

4. Who does Tetley ask to retrieve their guns?

5. How does Gerald feel about being part of the group?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. What happens when the stage rides by the group on the mountain road to Pike's Hole?

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

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

8. What is so important about the letter Martin wrote to his wife that Davies is trying to convince others in the posse to read it?

9. When the stage coach guard fires on the posse, who does he hit and how is he aware that he has hit anyone?

10. Why is the other evidence offered by Martin to support his claims of innocence refuted by the posse members?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Which of the passengers in the stage surprises the men in the posse? What is more surprising than this passenger's presence? How is Gil affected? What is Art urged to do and why? How does he respond? What is the reason for his decision? How does he hold up after the stage leaves? Who approaches Gil with a barely disguised warning? How does Gil respond?

Essay Topic 3

Who do the men in the posse run into on their way back down the mountain? What surprises confront them? How does this affect the decisions that they've made in the last few hours? What does the sheriff do about the situation? What does he want from the group? When he secures what he needs, what does he require the remaining men to do?

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