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Shane

Jack Schaefer

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Summary
- Plot Overview
Characters
Main Ideas
- Themes
- Motifs
- Symbols
- Key Facts
Quotes
- Important Quotes Explained
Further Study
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1. What is Shane's last name?

Starrett
Smith
It is never revealed
Jones

2. What is it about Shane's appearance that Bob first notices as he rides into the valley?

Shane is very small.
Shane's dress is different.
Shane has no gun.
Shane's horse is very old.

3. Why does Joe Starrett insist that Shane stay a second day?

Shane is tired.
Shane's horse is injured.
It is raining, and the roads are in bad condition.
They are cooking a special dinner

4. Even after Shane has bought new clothes, there is something startling about his appearance. What is it?

All of his clothes are black.
His clothes do not fit him well.
He does not carry a gun.
He does not wear a hat.

5. What event seals the bond between Shane and Joe?

The chopping down of the old stump
Shane helping Joe get a lower price from the peddler
Shane advising Marian on a new hat
Shane serving as a role model for Bob

6. Why is there a problem between the Starretts and Fletcher?

Fletcher bullies the townspeople.
Fletcher wants to raise land prices.
Fletcher has feelings for Marian.
Fletcher wants to take their land.

7. What do the other farmers think of Shane?

They like him.
They don't know what to think of him.
They want him to leave.
They all want to hire him.

8. What is the occasion for Shane finishing up the clearing of the alfalfa field?

He wants to do Joe a favor.
Marian cooked a wonderful dinner.
He agrees to stay through the winter.
It is Joe and Marian's anniversary.

9. When Shane and Chris have their first confrontation, what two things does Chris tease Shane about?

His clothes and not wearing a gun
Soda pop and raising pigs
Drinking whiskey and raising pigs
Drinking soda pop and working on a farm

10. How does the situation with Chris become resolved?

Shane talks to him and gets him to stop harassing them
Shane fights Fletcher
Shane fights Chris
Joe fights Chris

11. What is the relationship between Marian and Shane?

They both have feelings for one another.
They do not get along.
Shane has unreciprocated feelings for Marian.
Marian has feelings for Shane.

12. How does Bob know that Shane is good with a gun?

Shane's reputation preceded him into the valley.
Shane shows him how to aim and handle a gun.
He sees Shane shooting pigeons.
He sees Shane and Joe shooting targets.

13. Why does Fletcher get Stark Wilson?

Wilson has a long-standing grudge with Shane.
He wants Wilson to shoot all the farmers so he can take their land.
Fletcher needs someone who can compete with Shane.
Because Shane challenges him to a duel.

14. How does the reader know that Shane was planning on leaving after his final confrontation with Fletcher and Wilson?

Shane knocks Joe unconscious.
Shane tells Marian he is leaving.
Shane changes clothing.
Shane takes his saddle-roll with him to the fight.

15. Why does Shane knock Joe unconscious before confronting Wilson and Fletcher?

Joe insists that he, not Shane, deal with them.
Joe is against fighting.
Joe tries to stop Shane from leaving.
Joe wants to accept Fletcher's deal.

16. Why does Fletcher offer to hire Joe and Shane?

He wants to be friends with them.
He does not want to fight them anymore.
He does not need the Starretts' land.
Wilson tells Fletcher to make the offer.

17. Why does Shane leave after killing Fletcher and Wilson?

He no longer wants to be a farmer.
He is ashamed of fighting.
Once a man has killed another, he is forever marked.
Shane has other business to take care of.

18. What is it about Fletcher's proposal that makes Joe and Shane so angry?

They do not want to be his friends.
They are insulted at the prospect of working for Fletcher.
Fletcher tries to bribe them.
Fletcher makes a comment about them not wanting Marian to belong to someone else.

19. Why does Joe want to leave the farm after Shane is gone?

Fletcher's boys have taken the land.
He cannot run the farm without Shane.
He does not have the heart to run the farm without Shane.
He wants to escape the bad memories.

20. How does Marian convince Joe to stay?

She reminds him of all the money they sunk into the farm.
She tells him she wants to stay.
She reminds him of his and Shane's roots there.
She tells him to stay for Bob's sake.

21. What is Shane's policy on fighting others?

He encourages settling problems by fighting.
He does not think a man should fight unless he has to.
A civilized fight with rules is a good idea.
He refuses to fight under any circumstances.

22. What does Joe mean when he says that Shane is the safest man they could have around?

Shane is so scary no one would dare mess with them.
Shane's gun fighting skills are so strong that he can protect them from anything.
Shane is a pacifist.
Shane is both loyal and strong, and would never let anything happen to them.

23. Why is Marian worried about Shane after the problems with Fletcher surface?

She is worried Shane will be shot.
She is worried that he will leave them.
She is afraid Shane has compromised himself and has been negatively affected by the situation.
She is worried that Shane will turn against Joe.

24. How many days did it take Shane and Joe to uproot the old stump?

four days
three days
one day
two days

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