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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. How does Coyote describe being safe to Sam?

2. What does the biker use to break Spagnola's legs?

3. Who was Calliope living with when she changed her name to Calliope?

4. What year is it when Samson Hunts Alone participates in his first sweat?

5. What is Lonnie doing while he listens to Calliope and Sam above him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sam have a hard time following Calliope's conversation?

2. What is Billy's plan for saving Sam after the incident with Enos?

3. Why is Mr. Cable so resistant to accepting the multi-million dollar policy Sam wants to write for him?

4. What is the bet Aaron Aaron makes with his companions concerning Sam?

5. Why does Adeline say she is getting bad medicine from being Crow in the chapter titled, "Five Faces of Coyote Blue?"

6. What event causes Sam to flee from Crow Country to Santa Barbara?

7. While they are having sex in her apartment, why does Calliope tell Sam to ignore the slamming door from downstairs?

8. Why are Calliope, Nina, and Yiffer hiding the morning after Sam and Calliope's dinner date?

9. Why is Sam able to ask Aaron for so high a price to buy him out of his shares of the partnership?

10. How does Coyote receive his shape-shifting ability?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify and explain the climax of the novel. Why is this scene the climax of the novel? What lead up to it?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss characters as shape-shifters in Coyote Blue. Which characters can literally shift? Which characters shift metaphorically?

Essay Topic 3

How does Moore use foreshadowing in Coyote Blue? What are some of the instances of foreshadowing and what do they foreshadow? What is the purpose of foreshadowing?

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