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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the ranch where Car lives in Pair a Spurs?
(a) The Rodeo.
(b) The Western.
(c) The Rangler.
(d) The Coffeepot.

2. What type of tractor does Ottaline's father have in The Bunchgrass Edge of the World?
(a) John Deere 4020.
(b) John Deere 4030.
(c) John Deere 4040.
(d) John Deere 1200.

3. What type of job did Aladdin's youngest daughter take?
(a) Packaging design.
(b) Clothing design.
(c) Postal management.
(d) Cannery.

4. What young man is against cattle in the West and wrote a book about his opinions in The Governors of Wyoming?
(a) Wade Walls.
(b) Seth Jackson.
(c) Phil Smith.
(d) James Miller.

5. Where does the group in A Lonely Coast decide to go bar hopping?
(a) Casper.
(b) Fort Wayne.
(c) Cheyenne.
(d) Plymoth.

6. Where did Rancher Croom keep his beer?
(a) The garage.
(b) The cellar.
(c) His room.
(d) The attic.

7. Who is the fourth woman in A Lonely Coast?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Alma.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Wilma.

8. What is the name of Aladdin's youngest daughter?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Shan.
(c) Diane.
(d) Michelle.

9. Where has Ottaline's father abandoned all the old, broken ranch machinery?
(a) The quarry.
(b) The barn.
(c) The outhouse.
(d) The shed.

10. Ottaline thinks she hears ___________________talking to her.
(a) A tree.
(b) A tractor.
(c) A bull.
(d) A barn.

11. How many daughters does Aladdin have?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

12. What does Ottaline keep in her room?
(a) A scanner.
(b) A television.
(c) A computer.
(d) A horse.

13. The narrator of A Lonely Coast finds her husband sleeping with _______________.
(a) Her sister.
(b) His cousin.
(c) Her mother.
(d) A ranch hand.

14. One of the bodies in 55 Miles to the Gas Pump was wrapped in what "from nipple to knee"?
(a) Garbage bags.
(b) Newspaper.
(c) Seaweed.
(d) Plastic.

15. How did Josanna and Elk meet?
(a) Personals ads.
(b) At the rodeo.
(c) At a bar.
(d) At church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Car go after his men were injured taking cattle in Pair of Spurs?

2. What is Aladdin's father's name?

3. Who is Car's best friend?

4. The description for Rancher Croom refers to him as "that warm-handed, quick-foot ____" in 55 Miles to the Gas Pump.

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

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