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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. How many riders do Davies and Art count ahead of them when they finally get started?

2. Who appoints himself as their leader?

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

4. When Juan tries to escape, where does Farnley shoot him?

5. Which group waits for the others to get into position before approaching?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Donald Martin tell the posse when he is questioned about the fact that he has cattle with Drew's brand on them in his possession?

3. What is the situation at the end of the Ox-Bow valley?

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

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

7. Who does Tetley direct to be responsible for whipping the horses out from underneath the men who are about to be hanged and why?

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

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

10. When the stage coach guard fires on the posse, who does he hit and how is he aware that he has hit anyone?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which of the three men attempts to escape? What distraction does he take advantage of? How far does he get before his escape attempt is discovered? How does he respond when he knows he has been discovered? What do the men of the posse find on him when they finally catch him and bring him back? How does that cause the situation to deteriorate further? What logical explanation is there? How do the men of the posse see it?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Tetley decide to call a vote the following morning? Who is at the head of the group who is against hanging Martin and his men? How many men stand with him? Who doesn't step forward, but agrees with bringing the men down to face legal consequences instead? What might the outcome have been had the remaining holdouts stepped forward?

Essay Topic 3

As Art and Gil head back to Bridger's Wells, what do they see in the distance? When they get closer, what do they realize? Who is directly involved in what is going on? What do most of the people who witness this believe when it is over? As a result, what do they allow to happen? What occurs shortly afterward as a result? What is the reason for this action? Who else follows suit? Why?

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