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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 the Judge discover from talking to Greene?

2. Who was his friend?

3. What does Art suggest that Gil do?

4. What happens to end the poker game?

5. Why have Gil and Art not been back to Bridger's Wells all winter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Other than the houses that dot the landscape, what businesses exist in Bridger's Wells?

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

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

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

6. What does Davies believe that Farnley should do, and how many men agree with him?

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

8. Who was the only man in the region who would willingly ride a mule, and why?

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

10. How do Art and Gil feel about the whole situation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who asks Art to accompany Joyce as he goes to get Judge Tyler? What is the purpose of asking the Judge to attend? What do they hope he will accomplish? What happens to the mob while Art and Joyce are gone? What offer does Canby make in an effort to influence the intentions of the group? Does it work?

Essay Topic 2

How does Art feel about the conversation he has with Gerald? What do he and Gerald have in common? Might his feelings about the conversation stem from his own doubts? How does he handle Gerald's diatribe? What stand does he take with Gerald to quiet him. What makes Art most sore about the whole conversation? What is Gerald's definition of Hell?

Essay Topic 3

What do Gil and Art notice as they first return to Bridger's Wells after a winter of looking after cows? Why does the town appear to be little more than a ghost town? What brought about this change? Why did this change occur? What is employed in its place? Is it as effective?

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