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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. Who threw the Tinsleys' daughter into the river?

2. Who has died in The Half-Skinned Steer?

3. What characteristic defines the character of Diamond in The Mud Below?

4. How does the young man die in the beginning of The Blood Bay?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the Dunmire family in People in Hell Just Want a Drink of Water.

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

5. What happens when Mero first finds the road to the ranch in The Half-Skinned Steer?

6. What leads to Mero's drive in The Half-Skinned Steer? Where is he going?

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

8. Who is the oldest son of the Dunmire family? What was his occupation?

9. What happens when Mr. Tinsley gives their son a bath?

10. What shelter does the rancher offer for the cowpokes to stay the night in The Blood Bay? What does he warn them?

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

Compare and contrast the characters of Car Scope and Sutton Muddyman in Pair a Spurs. How are these men similar? How do they differ?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the character Diamond Felts in The Mud Below and his relationship with his mother. What has complicated this relationship? What has been the result?

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