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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the dog go to avoid Scratchy?
(a) He is heading up the street.
(b) He is going inside the bar.
(c) He is heading for the alley.
(d) He is going home.

2. Jack doesn't take Scratchy for a kid; he takes him for a what?
(a) A fool.
(b) An idiot.
(c) An old man.
(d) A threat.

3. When he fires at the paper, how much does he miss it by?
(a) A foot.
(b) A yard.
(c) A mile.
(d) A 1/2 inch.

4. What does Scratchy do with the weapon he is trying to load when he sees Jack?
(a) Puts it in the holster.
(b) Fumbles it and drops it.
(c) Loads it and shoots.
(d) Drops it to the ground.

5. What is Scratchy doing when Jack and his wife spot him?
(a) Reloading cartridges in his gun.
(b) Firing at the house.
(c) Shooting at the dog.
(d) Yelling at the house.

6. What does Scratchy do at the end of Chapter 3 as he waits for Jack to appear?
(a) He reloads his guns.
(b) He keeps shouting.
(c) He goes to the train station.
(d) He walks back to the bar.

7. What does the stillness of the town form over Scratchy?
(a) The arch bishop.
(b) The arch of an angel.
(c) The arch of a bridge.
(d) The arch of a tomb.

8. Why is the newly married couple walking with their heads low?
(a) They don't want to see the porter.
(b) To fight the rain.
(c) To fight the wind.
(d) To avoid attention.

9. When does the dog break into a gallop?
(a) When Scratchy kills the rabbit.
(b) When Scratchy shoots at the bar.
(c) When Scratchcy yells at him.
(d) When Scratchy shoots in the air.

10. Who offers to fight Scratchy?
(a) The dog.
(b) No one.
(c) The barkeeper.
(d) The drummer.

11. What is the distance between Scratchy and Jack when they meet?
(a) Three paces.
(b) Twenty paces.
(c) Six paces.
(d) Ten paces.

12. At the end of Chapter 3 Scratchy is in the deepest rage over what?
(a) Jack's refusal to fight.
(b) The immobility of the hosue.
(c) Jack's hiding in the house.
(d) Jack's chickens.

13. What color was the velvet on the train?
(a) black.
(b) Sea-green.
(c) Red.
(d) Violet.

14. What does Scratchy do to scare the dog?
(a) Shoots an arrow near him.
(b) Kicks him.
(c) Shoots at the ground near him.
(d) Shoots out the bar windows.

15. What does Scratchy do with his weapons when he realizes that it is all over?
(a) He gives them to jack.
(b) He drops them on the ground and walks away.
(c) He puts them in the holsters.
(d) He gives them to Jack's bride.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the country are Scratchy's boots from?

2. Scratchy walks with the creeping movement of what?

3. What is Jack's wife's reaction to Scratchy?

4. What did the color of the wood on the train look like?

5. What does Jack think of when he is faced with the barrel of Scratchy's gun?

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