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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through People in Hell Just Want a Drink of Water.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year is the story The Blood Bay set?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1886.

2. What did Mero remember from the caves in The Half-Skinned Steer?
(a) A dead body.
(b) Drawings.
(c) A spring.
(d) A bear.

3. What does Diamond ask his mother in the end of The Mud Below?
(a) Why his father left.
(b) Why his mother left.
(c) Who his father is.
(d) Who his brother is.

4. Leeland Lee begins raising ____________with his father.
(a) Goats.
(b) Cows.
(c) Hogs.
(d) Chickens.

5. Who goes to the Tinsleys' house to discuss their son?
(a) Ice Dunmire.
(b) The Sheriff.
(c) Mrs. Dunmire.
(d) Jaxon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ice Dunmire's son go to work for a time before returning to the ranch?

2. In what type of accident was the Tinsleys' son involved?

3. Where did Mero go to settle in The Half-Skinned Steer?

4. What refers to a hair coat color of horses, characterized by a reddish brown body color with a black mane, tail, and ear edges?

5. How does the young man die in the beginning of The Blood Bay?

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