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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 55 Miles to the Gas Pump.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Car's wife?
(a) Josephine.
(b) Sammy.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Jeri.

2. Who had abandoned Diamond?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His grandmother.

3. Who told Mero the story of the The Half-Skinned Steer?
(a) His father.
(b) His brother.
(c) His father's girlfriend.
(d) His cousin.

4. Where did Ice Dunmire's son go to work for a time before returning to the ranch?
(a) The circus.
(b) New York.
(c) The rodeo.
(d) The movie industry.

5. Where does Leeland Lee go to work after having to quit because of the fight with the foreman?
(a) Post office.
(b) The Army.
(c) Truck driving.
(d) Meat processing plant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Car continue to blame for his wife having left him?

2. What is Josanna's occupation?

3. How many daughters does Aladdin have?

4. How old was the person the narrator found her husband cheating on her with in A Lonely Coast?

5. What is Car's last name?

(see the answer key)

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