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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Mero remember taking up to the caves?

2. What is brand new on the dead man that the cowpunchers find?

3. What does Mrs.Tinsley ask her husband to do for their son?

4. In what type of accident was the Tinsleys' son involved?

5. How many more sons did Ice Dunmire's wife bear once in Wyoming?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Tinsleys' son come home in People in Hell Just Want a Drink of Water?

2. What happens as Mero progresses along his drive in The Half-Skinned Steer?

3. What does Mero recall of his brother in The Half-Skinned Steer?

4. What happens to Leeland Lee's meat packing business? What does he do next?

5. Describe the narrative of Job History. What is the voice? What is the subject of the story?

6. What does Leeland Lee do after returning from the army in Job History?

7. Who becomes Diamond's second tour partner? How is this character described?

8. Who is the protagonist of The Mud Below? How is this character's relationship with his mother?

9. What is Diamond's reaction to his mother's attempt to change his mind in The Mud Below?

10. Who told Mero the story about the steer that was half-skinned? What happened in the story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of infidelity as it applies to the different stories in Close Range: Wyoming Stories. How is infidelity viewed in the different narratives?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the Touch family in The Bunchgrass Edge of the World. Who is the patriarch of the family? How did the power change hands?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of People in Hell Just Want a Drink of Water. What is the meaning of the title? How does the ending of the story reinforce this theme?

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