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

2. What does Ottaline hope to do in order to attract a man?
(a) Dye her hair.
(b) Lose weight.
(c) Gain weight.
(d) Get plastic surgery.

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

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

5. Who had Shy actually gone to see while he was away?
(a) His mother.
(b) His sister.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) His aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. A Lonely Coast examines the lives of how many women who reside in a small Wyoming town?

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

3. What is the name of Aladdin's youngest daughter?

4. Where does the group in A Lonely Coast decide to go bar hopping?

5. What do Shy and Wade do at night?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the "spurs" arrive in Pair a Spurs?

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

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

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

5. In A Lonely Coast, who are the subjects?

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

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

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

9. Where do Josanna and others go to "bar-hop" in A Lonely Coast? What accident occurs?

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

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