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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. Who is most affected by the death?

2. What kind of gun does Tetley carry?

3. Where was the man shot?

4. Why does Art join the game?

5. How many rustlers did Amigo see?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the one subject that Winder seemed to always get around to harping about, and why?

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

3. Why is Gil so angry and disappointed when he learns that Rose has already left Bridger's Wells?

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

5. What causes the men to remount and renew their intention to hunt down the men responsible for the rustling and Kinkaid's murder?

6. What ritual conversation do Gil and Canby engage in every time Gil arrives?

7. What do Kinkaid and Farnley discover just before roundup?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What current events have Art and Gil missed while working with the cattle on the ranch? Why is it likely that they were not affected directly? How large is this problem and what is being done about it? What resources are available to the ranchers? What other options are open to them?

Essay Topic 2

Who arrives that sways the group to a more negative outlook? What is his background? Why does he automatically become the unofficial leader of the group? What information does he bring with him? How does that change the intentions of the group? What does Mapes do before the group leaves? Why does the judge disagree with this?

Essay Topic 3

Which of the passengers in the stage surprises the men in the posse? What is more surprising than this passenger's presence? How is Gil affected? What is Art urged to do and why? How does he respond? What is the reason for his decision? How does he hold up after the stage leaves? Who approaches Gil with a barely disguised warning? How does Gil respond?

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