What caused the people of Poker Flat to be ‘after somebody’?
A) A citizen was in big trouble.
B) A citizen caused a fight in town.
C) Somebody had committed a murder and fled to the town of Poker Flat to escape capture.
D) The town had lost several thousand dollars, two valuable horses, and a prominent citizen.
<u>Answer:</u>
The town had lost several thousand dollars, two valuable horses, and a prominent citizen to be after somebody.
D) The town had lost several thousand dollars, two valuable horses, and a prominent citizen.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Poker Flat's mystery board of trustees feels resolved to change the climate of their untamed town by banishing known fugitives and questionable characters. The town had lost a few thousand dollars, two significant steeds, and a noticeable resident to be after someone.
In "The Outcasts of Poker Flat," Bret Harte plays the incongruity of the evidently honest do-gooders of the town off against the genuineness uncovered by the untouchables in their limit as they are snowbound in the wild.
