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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. One of the bodies in 55 Miles to the Gas Pump was wrapped in what "from nipple to knee"?

2. How did Rancher Croom die?

3. Whom does Car continue to blame for his wife having left him?

4. Who is the fourth woman in A Lonely Coast?

5. What is Aladdin's father's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the narration style of A Lonely Coast. How does it differ from the other short stories in the collection?

2. How does Ottaline meet her "knight" in The Bunchgrass Edge of the World?

3. Where does Shy return from in The Governors of Wyoming? Where does he say he's been?

4. What leads to trouble with Shy and Wade in The Governors of Wyoming? Who runs away?

5. Who is picking up Wade in The Governors of Wyoming? How do they know each other?

6. What led to Car's discovery of his wife's cheating in Pair a Spurs?

7. What is the narrator's occupation in A Lonely Coast? What do the other women do for a living?

8. Describe the narrative style of 55 Miles to the Gas Pump. What is this story about?

9. Describe the two main characters of Pair a Spurs. How do they know one another?

10. What is the argument between Roany and Wade caused by?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the Tinsley family and the Dunmire family in People in Hell Just Want a Drink of Water. How have their experiences in Wyoming differed? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the Touch family in The Bunchgrass Edge of the World. Who is the patriarch of the family? How did the power change hands?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the characters of Car Scope and Sutton Muddyman in Pair a Spurs. How are these men similar? How do they differ?

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