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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Rancher Croom's beer described?
(a) Malty.
(b) Warm.
(c) Yeasty.
(d) Flat.

2. Whom does the narrator see Elk flirting with at the bar?
(a) Maria.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Palma.
(d) Sammy.

3. Where did Car go after his men were injured taking cattle in Pair of Spurs?
(a) To his sister's.
(b) The hospital.
(c) Home.
(d) To the rodeo.

4. Who is due to come by when Aladdin is sick?
(a) The livestock dealer.
(b) The Bible salesman.
(c) The postal carrier.
(d) The feed dealer.

5. Rancher Croom's hair is compared to _________________.
(a) Fiddle strings.
(b) Yellowed straw.
(c) Wet noodles.
(d) Wet grass.

6. What is Car's last name?
(a) Scrope.
(b) Slope.
(c) Cooper.
(d) Stanley.

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

8. Who is Car's foreman?
(a) Mr. Freeze.
(b) Sutton Muddyman.
(c) Junior Watson.
(d) Andy Williams.

9. What does Mrs. Croom use to break into the room she's been barred from in 55 Miles to the Gas Pump?
(a) A pitchfork.
(b) A hatchet.
(c) A broom.
(d) A saw.

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

11. What is the narrator's profession in A Lonely Coast?
(a) Waitress.
(b) Bartender.
(c) Operator.
(d) Saleswoman.

12. Where does Rancher Croom ride his horse at night?
(a) To a graveyard.
(b) To a cliff.
(c) To New York.
(d) To a church.

13. What do Shy and Wade do at night?
(a) Burn barns.
(b) Cut fences.
(c) Brand cattle.
(d) Kill cattle.

14. Whom does Car continue to blame for his wife having left him?
(a) Inez.
(b) Jeri.
(c) Sammy.
(d) Josephine.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Sutton Muddyman's wife in Pair a Spurs?

3. What is Josanna's occupation?

4. What type of tractor does Ottaline's father have in The Bunchgrass Edge of the World?

5. What does Shy have a fascination with in The Governors of Wyoming?

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