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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the demeanor of the Easterner and the cowboy as the men prepare to go outside?
(a) Confident.
(b) Very nervous.
(c) Silent.
(d) Boastful.

2. What does Johnnie say to the accusations that he has cheated?
(a) If he cheated, the Swede deserved it.
(b) No man is allowed to say he cheats.
(c) Everybody cheats once in awhile.
(d) The Swede cheated first.

3. How does Scully begin to speak as he gets agitated?
(a) In an Irish brogue.
(b) In unintelligible sounds.
(c) In short bursts.
(d) In Spanish.

4. What does the cowboy ask the Swede?
(a) Where he is going.
(b) How long it will take him to get home.
(c) How old he is.
(d) Why he is so happy.

5. What does the Swede do when he is asked to remove his hand from the gambler's shoulder?
(a) Shoots the gambler.
(b) Grabs the gambler's throat.
(c) Quietly leaves the saloon.
(d) Shoots the bartender.

Short Answer Questions

1. What words does the Swede mimic?

2. How do Scully's daughters react to the Swede during the meal?

3. The Swede is convinced he will be fighting ________________.

4. Where does the Swede go to escape the weather?

5. Scully tells the cowboy that it ________________________ to fight the Swede.

Short Essay Questions

1. What words mark the climax of the story?

2. How does the cowboy antagonize the Swede when he is ready to leave the hotel?

3. How does the cowboy show that he is still agitated by the fight and what is Scully's response toward him?

4. How does the cowboy's anger exhibit during the fight and what does he yell?

5. Describe the weather the men encounter when they go outside for the fight.

6. What is the significance of the debt between the Swede and Scully and the cash register at the end of the story?

7. What is the response of the men when the Swede wants them to drink with him?

8. How does Chapter 8 begin?

9. Explain how each of the characters responds in character to the accusation of cheating.

10. How do the characters remain in their stereotypical roles during and after the fight?

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