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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. What does Aladdin purchase to help him oversee the farm?

2. What is Shy's last name?

3. What do Shy and Wade do at night?

4. What male friend decides to join the group in hitting the bars in town?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where does Shy return from in The Governors of Wyoming? Where does he say he's been?

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

5. Describe the two main characters of Pair a Spurs. How do they know one another?

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

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

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

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

10. What is Car's first experience like being near the spurs in Pair a Spurs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the symbolism and imagery used in the story Pair a Spurs. What is the theme of this narrative? How is it supported by the imagery?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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