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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 does Art suggest that Gil do?
(a) Play Farnley again and let him win.
(b) Return the money he won from Farnley.
(c) Sleep it off.
(d) Buy Farnley a drink.

2. Who is most affected by the death?
(a) Farnley.
(b) Moore.
(c) Gil.
(d) Canby.

3. How do the rest of the men in the saloon respond?
(a) They believe the killer should be lynched.
(b) They offer to ride with him.
(c) They think the Sheriff is a lout.
(d) They believe the town is all but dead now, too.

4. What does the Judge discover from talking to Greene?
(a) That he hadn't even seen Kinkaid first hand.
(b) That he was the son of one of the rustlers.
(c) That he was lying to them all.
(d) That he was paid to spread rumors.

5. What do Art and Gil see while they are outside?
(a) A rider approaching very fast on horseback.
(b) The Sheriff arrives.
(c) An old friend arrives.
(d) An unscheduled stage arrival.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Smith antagonize into joining them in their search for the rustlers/murderers?

2. What was young Greene tasked to do originally?

3. Why does Gil suddenly leave the bar?

4. How far is it to the pass that it is believed the rustlers escaped through?

5. Where are the rustlers actually headed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Davies claim that lynch mobs are always wrong?

2. Why have Art and Gil been away from Bridger's Wells for so long?

3. What do the bulk of the men assembling to ride with Farnley believe?

4. What news does a rider bring that raises hostilities towards newcomers especially from Farnley?

5. What kind of alcohol does Canby have in his saloon, and what does he serve?

6. What does Davies ask Art to do, and why?

7. Who is the only man in sight when Gil and Art pull into Bridger's Wells?

8. Why do Art and Gil talk very little on the ride into Bridger's Wells?

9. Who is Gabe and what is seen as his greatest value?

10. What is Gil looking forward to most about getting back to Bridger's Wells this spring?

(see the answer keys)

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