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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 Ottaline keep in her room?

2. What is the name of the ranch where Car lives in Pair a Spurs?

3. What room was Mrs. Croom barred from entering?

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

5. How did Rancher Croom die?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Touch family of The Bunchgrass Edge of the World. Who is the patriarch?

2. What does the narrator observe which foreshadows the ending of A Lonely Coast?

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

4. Describe Ottaline in The Bunchgrass Edge of the World. What is her ultimate objective?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the argument between Roany and Wade caused by?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how the setting relates to the plot and action of the story The Blood Bay. What understanding comes along with the time and place of the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the narrative style of Job History. What is the narrative point of view? How does this reflect on the tone of the story?

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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