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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 Martin request when Tetley has a tree prepared to hang them?
(a) He asks to be allowed to write a letter.
(b) He asks for a last meal.
(c) He asks to see his wife and children again.
(d) He asks for a cigarette.

2. When Juan tries to escape, where does Farnley shoot him?
(a) In the hip.
(b) In the leg.
(c) In the chest.
(d) In the arm.

3. Who was the driver?
(a) Sandy Jarvis.
(b) Alex Large.
(c) Alec Small.
(d) Andrew Sorrel.

4. How many head of cattle does Amigo claim to have seen?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Forty five.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Forty.

5. What is Gil most concerned about?
(a) The amount of noise they are making as a group.
(b) Not having had a say in who his bosses were.
(c) The coming snowfall.
(d) The head start the rustlers got.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Tetley ask to retrieve their guns?

2. Why does Gerald claim to have joined the group?

3. What surprises the posse as they approach the fire of the suspected rustlers?

4. What does Gerald claim makes up the biggest part of womens' power?

5. How does Sparks pass the time as he rides along with them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What group of riders heads the posse and what do they discover at the mountain path leading to the town of Pike's Hole?

2. What evidence is revealed when Juan attempts to escape that seems to be an irrefutable link between the three men and Kinkaid's death?

3. What makes Gil confront Tetley and why do they almost come to blows?

4. 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?

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

6. How does Gil react when he realizes that Rose is one of the coach's passengers, and why?

7. What bothers Gil most about the posse and their intentions?

8. Where do the men believe that the rustlers and their cattle might have stopped for the night?

9. What does Sparks tell Art about as they wait in the shadows?

10. When it is clear to Martin that the posse is not willing to help him to prove their innocence, what does Martin request?

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