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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 is the name of Roscoe's horse?
2. What does Louisa get Roscoe to do when he stops to ask if she has seen July?
3. What does Gus realize when Jake comes into the camp?
4. How many cattle in all does Gus count?
5. Who sings a mournful ballad to the cattle?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Elmira react to the news that July is going to find Jake Spoon?
2. What bothers Newt most about the crew's negative remarks about Jake?
3. Not long after Sean's death there is another accident, though not fatal this time. What happens?
4. What does Jake tell Call about he and Lorena tagging along the herd?
5. What did Jake Spoon talk about at breakfast that interested Call and Gus?
6. Why does the bartender at the bar in San Antonio make Gus so mad?
7. What does Deets warn Lorena?
8. How does Wilbarger sway Call to make a decision about his restlessness?
9. Why does Blue Duck show so little interest in Lorena?
10. Why does Jake call himself a fool?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How are different characters worthy of respect? Pick three characters and write an essay explaining how each character's actions earns respect for him or her from the other characters. (Call, Gus, Clara, Newt, Dish, Pea Eye, Deets, July, Roscoe) Do those characters truly deserve respect? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
There are many deaths along the way in the novel. Pick two deaths from the novel (Sean, Deets, Gus, Elmira, Jake, etc.) Compare and contrast the two deaths. What are the circumstances of each death? How are they similar? How are they different? How do the other characters mourn each death?
Essay Topic 3
Justice is a recurring theme. How do different characters seek and find justice? In what circumstances do they decide not to seek justice? Explain the difference in those circumstances. How does seeking justice (or not seeking justice) affect the plot? Use examples from the novel.
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