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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. Who does Gus ask to watch Lorena while he goes to Wilbarger?

2. Why does Dan kill the farmers?

3. What troubles Deets about the tracks he finds leading away from the fight with Wilbarger?

4. Where does Gus take Lorena?

5. Where is Blue Duck?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does July tell Peach is his letter to her?

2. What does Clara tell July about Elmira?

3. What does July offer Gus?

4. Why does Clara get so mad at July?

5. What does Clara tell Gus about marriage?

6. What happens to Elmira when she sees Dee?

7. What does July do at the bar Elmira used to work at?

8. Why does Newt decide not to shoot the Indians that approach him?

9. What does Blue Duck tell Call?

10. What happens between Dish and Dixon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is the central character of Lonesome Dove? Select one (Call, Gus, Newt, Jake, July) and write an essay supporting your choice as the main character of the novel.

Part 1) How does the character you selected change in the story?

Part 2) How does the character influence the other characters or plot? Use examples from the novel.

Part 3) How would the story be different if the novel was presented in that character's point of view only?

Essay Topic 2

Gus thinks about the chain of events that Jake sets into motion by not facing the consequences of his accidental shooting in Arkansas. Pick three or four events from the novel. How are these events based on accident or circumstance? How might things have turned out differently if the events you chose did not happen, or happened differently? How are these accidents related to choices made by one or more characters? Use examples from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

The style of Lonesome Dove changes in the last few chapters. How does this style change affect the story? Would you end the novel in a different place in the plot? Why or why not?

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