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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 wrong with Deets?

2. Who tells Newt and the boys to get drunk before seeing the prostitutes?

3. Who decides to stay with the herd, even though he has the opportunity to go with the other men?

4. Who waits loyally for Elmira to regain consciousness?

5. What does Clara want?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Call do for Deets that surprises everyone?

2. What happens to Elmira when she sees Dee?

3. What does Deets find on the Arkansas River?

4. Jake asks the Suggs brothers gang about Blue Duck. What do they tell him?

5. What does July offer Gus?

6. Why does Gus not go after Blue Duck?

7. What makes Call mad in Ogallala?

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

9. What does Clara tell July about Elmira?

10. When riding and talking with Gus, what confuses Newt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Clara accuses Call of ruining his and Gus's life.

Part 1) Did Call ruin Gus's life? How or how not? Use examples from the novel to support your answer.

Part 2) Did Call ruin his own life? How or how not?

Part 3) Does Call ruin Clara's life? In what way? Does she blame Call for Gus's death?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Call and Gus have been friends for many years before the start of the novel. Write an essay about the relationship between Call and Gus. Why are they friends? How do they help each other or work as a team? Why does Gus ask Call to take his body to Texas? Why does Call agree?

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