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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 Scratchy do at the end of Chapter 3 as he waits for Jack to appear?
2. Where does Scratchy find the piece of paper?
3. How does Jack's house regard Scratchy?
4. What does Scratchy do with his weapons when he realizes that it is all over?
5. What is the distance between Scratchy and Jack when they meet?
Short Essay Questions
1. Does Jack Potter seem unafraid? Why? Does he know that Scratchy will not shoot him? Or does he feel he is ready if he is shot? Does Jack understand that Scratchy will have some ethics involved here?
2. Does Scratchy finally fire at the windows of the bar like the barkeeper thought he would? Is it good that everyone inside took cover?
3. Judging from Scratchy's question about Sunday School, do you think men in Yellow Sky carry guns to church?
4. What are all of the houses made of? What does this tell us about the area? What kind of weather do they encounter? What heritage do the Texans have?
5. When Jack thinks back to the Pullman and all its beauty, what is this a symbol of?
6. What does the stillness and silence of the city signify? Why does the author state that the silence was like the "arch of a tomb" over Scratchy's head?
7. Does Scratchy introduce himself to Jack's new wife? Why? Why not? How does he feel when he realizes that he is confronted with Jack's wife?
8. The author alludes to fighting 200 Mexicans. What does this tell us about the history of Yellow Sky?
9. Scratchy shoots twice and misses. Once at the paper and once at the dog. Do you think he misses the dog of purpose? Is he just trying to scare the dog? What about the paper?
10. When Scratchy says, "there ain't a man his Texas that don't have a gun" do you think that's true? Think back to the scene in the bar. Did everyone have a gun?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How do you think the town WILL react to the couple's marriage? Is Scratchy's reaction a way to gauge the town's reaction? Will the town be stunned as Scratchy is?
Essay Topic 2
Compare the new train station and wooden platform with the old town. Why is the train station new? What does this tell the reader about progress in the town of Yellow Sky?
Essay Topic 3
From the information given in the story, where do you think Scratchy is from? What does the story tell us about his childhood? What clues does the author give us about his past with the gang?
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