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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. Why is Sam able to get his first job after he flees?

2. What do Sam and Calliope hear as they are having sex in her apartment?

3. Who does Calliope tell Sam Lonnie is afraid of?

4. What does Aaron say Cochran is planning to do about the Indian's attack?

5. What is the name of the cop Sam pushes off the cliff?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Spagnola believe Sam was involved in the Indian's attack on Cable?

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

3. Why is Adeline uncomfortable with Pokey's speaking of his medicine dream?

4. Why is Aaron angry at Sam concerning Sam's meeting with Cable and Cochran?

5. In 1967, Pokey drives Sam to the fasting place. What does Pokey hope Sam will accomplish by fasting?

6. What reason does Pokey give Sam when Sam asks him why he keeps the medicine bag Old Man Coyote gave him which causes him to drink?

7. Why does Aaron offer Sam a partnership in his agency?

8. What convinces Sam that Calliope is not part of Old Man Coyote's plan?

9. Why didn't Sam believe his gut feeling that the young Indian was Old Man Coyote?

10. Why does Coyote steal a card from Sam's Rolodex?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does religion play in Coyote Blue? Which religions are mentioned and for which characters are they mentioned? Which characters disdain religion and which characters embrace it?

Essay Topic 2

What does the title Coyote Blue mean? How does Moore explain the title within the book? Why did he choose this particular title?

Essay Topic 3

How is the theme of chaos and order demonstrated in Coyote Blue? In what direction does Coyote seem to be taking Sam's life, toward chaos or toward order?

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