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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How old was the person the narrator found her husband cheating on her with in A Lonely Coast?
(a) 23.
(b) 15.
(c) 30.
(d) 11.
2. What does Ottaline hope to do in order to attract a man?
(a) Lose weight.
(b) Dye her hair.
(c) Gain weight.
(d) Get plastic surgery.
3. What did Car do when his wife refused to go back to him?
(a) Shot her dog.
(b) Shot himself.
(c) Shot her.
(d) Shot her car.
4. Who actually arrives at the farm in The Bunchgrass Edge of the World?
(a) The livestock dealer.
(b) The local sheriff.
(c) The livestock dealer's son.
(d) The livestock dealer's wife.
5. Who is due to come by when Aladdin is sick?
(a) The feed dealer.
(b) The Bible salesman.
(c) The postal carrier.
(d) The livestock dealer.
Short Answer Questions
1. How was Shy's entire family killed in The Governors of Wyoming?
2. Who had Shy actually gone to see while he was away?
3. What male friend decides to join the group in hitting the bars in town?
4. Who accompanies Roany to pick up Wade in The Governors of Wyoming?
5. Aladdin become sick with ___________.
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the narration style of A Lonely Coast. How does it differ from the other short stories in the collection?
2. What leads to trouble with Shy and Wade in The Governors of Wyoming? Who runs away?
3. What did Car do once his wife refused to take him back in Pair a Spurs?
4. What led to Car's discovery of his wife's cheating in Pair a Spurs?
5. What is suggested by the ending of 55 Miles to the Gas Pump?
6. How does Ottaline meet her "knight" in The Bunchgrass Edge of the World?
7. What is the narrator's occupation in A Lonely Coast? What do the other women do for a living?
8. Describe the Touch family of The Bunchgrass Edge of the World. Who is the patriarch?
9. What does the narrator observe which foreshadows the ending of A Lonely Coast?
10. Where do Josanna and others go to "bar-hop" in A Lonely Coast? What accident occurs?
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