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

2. What does Rancher Croom wear that's homemade in 55 Miles to the Gas Pump?
(a) Gloves.
(b) A scarf.
(c) Boots.
(d) A hat.

3. What male friend decides to join the group in hitting the bars in town?
(a) Barry.
(b) Paul.
(c) Fred.
(d) Jack.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why is Josanna in a bad mood when she arrives at the bar?

4. What is the name of Aladdin's eldest daughter?

5. What is Car's last name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Aladdin die in The Bunchgrass Edge of the World?

2. According to Ottaline's belief, what object talks to her The Bunchgrass Edge of the World? How does she find it?

3. What is the narrator's occupation in A Lonely Coast? What do the other women do for a living?

4. What action is described in the beginning of 55 Miles to the Gas Pump?

5. Describe the narration of Pair a Spurs. What does the exposition relate about Car?

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

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

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. In A Lonely Coast, who are the subjects?

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