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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. Where does the Guild meet in Sturgis?

2. Who watches Grubb while Sam and Coyote see Pokey in the clinic?

3. What does Coyote ask M.F. to stop and buy while riding in the hotel limo?

4. What is M.F.'s father's name?

5. When Sam returns to Coyote after seeing Pokey in the clinic, what does he tell Coyote he needs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Anubis refuse to return Calliope's soul to her body?

2. What two observations does M.F. make in King's Lake, Nevada when he catches up with Sam and Coyote?

3. Why isn't Coyote able to win much at the private gambling table M.F. takes him to?

4. Why is the story of Coyote and Cottontail included in the novel?

5. Why was Calliope so afraid that Sam would not come with her to get Grubb?

6. What is the significance of the black limo Sam sees pulling away from the truck stop?

7. What reason does Coyote give Sam for not wanting to go to the Underworld?

8. How does Coyote stop a police officer from chasing after Calliope?

9. Why does Coyote leave as Sam and Pokey prepare to send Sam to the Underworld?

10. Why does the Indian doctor think Pokey is gone?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the author use irony in Coyote Blue? What are some instances of irony? Why are they ironic?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss characters as shape-shifters in Coyote Blue. Which characters can literally shift? Which characters shift metaphorically?

Essay Topic 3

What does Sam consider to be his normal life? What does he mean when he says he doesn't want what's real anymore, he wants what is real?

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