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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 actually arrives at the farm in The Bunchgrass Edge of the World?

2. How did Rancher Croom die?

3. Who is Car's foreman?

4. Who had Shy actually gone to see while he was away?

5. How was Shy's entire family killed in The Governors of Wyoming?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is picking up Wade in The Governors of Wyoming? How do they know each other?

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

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

8. What leads to trouble with Shy and Wade in The Governors of Wyoming? Who runs away?

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

10. What is the narrator's occupation in A Lonely Coast? What do the other women do for a living?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the theme of Job History? Discuss the final lines as they apply to this theme. Is it a happy ending? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the importance of the setting as a connecting link between the stories in Close Range: Wyoming Stories. How is the setting inherent in the themes of the stories?

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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