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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Leeland Lee's wife take a job after the loss of the meat processing plant?
(a) The post office.
(b) The newspaper.
(c) A local cafe.
(d) The police station.

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

3. Where was Mero raised in The Half-Skinned Steer?
(a) Wyoming.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Kansas.

4. Where does Mero encounter confusing construction zones?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Chattanooga.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) Des Moines.

5. Where did Ice Dunmire go to make enough money to buy some land and bring his wife and children in People in Hell Just Want a Drink of Water?
(a) Laramie, WY.
(b) Station, WY.
(c) Cheyenne, WY.
(d) Magenta, WY.

6. Where did Mero go to settle in The Half-Skinned Steer?
(a) Wyoming.
(b) New York.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Kentucky.

7. Whom does Diamond's mother take him to meet?
(a) His real father.
(b) An old rodeo champion.
(c) A doctor.
(d) An agent.

8. Leeland Lee and his wife take over a meat processing plant after ______________.
(a) The owner went bankrupt.
(b) The owner retired.
(c) The owner died.
(d) The owner was imprisoned.

9. What did the rancher see in the field after dinner in The Half-Skinned Steer?
(a) A statue of an elk.
(b) A nun.
(c) The steer walking.
(d) A woman walking.

10. Leeland Lee's first job falls through because ____________ is built.
(a) A city hall.
(b) A new post office.
(c) An office building.
(d) An interstate.

11. How does the young man die in the beginning of The Blood Bay?
(a) He freezes to death.
(b) He is thrown from his horse.
(c) He is hung.
(d) He is shot.

12. Why is Mero pulled over on the interstate?
(a) For speeding.
(b) For drunk driving.
(c) For no headlights.
(d) For no brake lights.

13. What does Ice Dunmire's eldest son sell during slow periods to help with the family finances?
(a) Encyclopedias.
(b) Bibles.
(c) Vacuum cleaners.
(d) Windmills.

14. What is the last name of the character Diamond in The Mud Below?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Pelts.
(c) Jones.
(d) Felts.

15. Under what pretense is the Tinsleys' visitor there to see them?
(a) Selling horses.
(b) Selling Bibles.
(c) Selling a windmill.
(d) Selling hay.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Tinsleys hear that their son has been going out and _____________.

2. What causes Leeland Lee to quit trucking in Job History?

3. Whom does Mero remember taking up to the caves?

4. Where do the cowpunchers find their friend with the boots?

5. What is brand new on the dead man that the cowpunchers find?

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