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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. The description for Rancher Croom refers to him as "that warm-handed, quick-foot ____" in 55 Miles to the Gas Pump.
(a) Romancer.
(b) Stealer.
(c) Rustler.
(d) Dancer.

2. How old was the person the narrator found her husband cheating on her with in A Lonely Coast?
(a) 15.
(b) 23.
(c) 30.
(d) 11.

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

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

5. Who accompanies Roany to pick up Wade in The Governors of Wyoming?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Renti.
(c) Paula.
(d) Roany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sutton Muddyman own and run in Pair a Spurs?

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

3. What do Roany and Wade fight about?

4. Shy said he had gone to a protest of ranchers killing ______________.

5. Who had Shy actually gone to see while he was away?

Short Essay Questions

1. What events happen at the ending of A Lonely Coast?

2. What did Car do once his wife refused to take him back in Pair a Spurs?

3. Describe the narrative style of 55 Miles to the Gas Pump. What is this story about?

4. What does the narrator observe which foreshadows the ending of A Lonely Coast?

5. How does Ottaline meet her "knight" in The Bunchgrass Edge of the World?

6. What led to Car's discovery of his wife's cheating in Pair a Spurs?

7. What is suggested by the ending of 55 Miles to the Gas Pump?

8. Who is picking up Wade in The Governors of Wyoming? How do they know each other?

9. What does Mrs. Croom find in the attic?

10. Describe the narration style of A Lonely Coast. How does it differ from the other short stories in the collection?

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