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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 Sutton Muddyman own and run in Pair a Spurs?

2. What is the name of the ranch where Car lives in Pair a Spurs?

3. Who is due to come by when Aladdin is sick?

4. How many sons does Aladdin have?

5. Aladdin become sick with ___________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Croom find in the attic?

2. What does the narrator observe which foreshadows the ending of A Lonely Coast?

3. Describe the narration of Pair a Spurs. What does the exposition relate about Car?

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

5. How did the "spurs" arrive in Pair a Spurs?

6. In A Lonely Coast, who are the subjects?

7. What is Car's first experience like being near the spurs in Pair a Spurs?

8. According to Ottaline's belief, what object talks to her The Bunchgrass Edge of the World? How does she find it?

9. How did Aladdin take over the ranch in The Bunchgrass Edge of the World?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Mero, the protagonist of The Half-Skinned Steer, and his journey across America. Why is he traveling? Where is he going?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the symbolism and themes of the story The Half-Skinned Steer. What is significant about the caves and the story told by Mero's father's girlfriend?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the subject of gender in the stories of Close Range: Wyoming Stories. How are women and men portrayed differently? How do time and place affect this difference?

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