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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 color are the eyes of the Indian who asks Sam if he wants Calliope?

2. Who might take notice if Aaron's name appears next to Sam's name in the newspaper?

3. Who does Spagnola tell Sam he saw jumping off Sam's deck?

4. What is Lonnie's last name?

5. What does Coyote give Sam at Calliope's apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mr. Cable so resistant to accepting the multi-million dollar policy Sam wants to write for him?

2. Why are Calliope, Nina, and Yiffer hiding the morning after Sam and Calliope's dinner date?

3. Why is Sam so disconcerted by Aaron's story about the Indian attacking Cable and Cochran's threatening a lawsuit?

4. Why is Adeline uncomfortable with Pokey's speaking of his medicine dream?

5. Why does Sam say he will not see Old Man Coyote when Harlan asks what Sam will do if he sees him during his sweat?

6. What does Pokey's initial interpretation of Sam's dream of Lloyd Commerce lead him to do with Sam?

7. While they are having sex in her apartment, why does Calliope tell Sam to ignore the slamming door from downstairs?

8. Why does Adeline say she is getting bad medicine from being Crow in the chapter titled, "Five Faces of Coyote Blue?"

9. Why is Aaron angry at Sam concerning Sam's meeting with Cable and Cochran?

10. Why does Sam have a hard time following Calliope's conversation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Sam's dream about Lloyd Commerce figure into his life? What does it foretell?

Essay Topic 2

How does Lonnie fit the role of antagonist? What actions does he take to oppose Sam? How does he affect the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of magic and heritage in Coyote Blue. Which characters embrace the heritage of the Crow Indian? Which characters reject it? Which characters seem to change their opinion by the end of the novel?

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