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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. In the chapter titled "Coyote Gets His Powers," who decides to rename the animal people?
2. In the chapter titled "A White Picket Fence Around Chaos," what is wrong with Yiffer and Nina when they return home?
3. Who was Sam's first mentor?
4. In the chapter titled "The God, the Bad and the Ugly?," what does Sam use to knock the young Indian unconscious.
5. Adeline recently converts to which religion?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to Coyote's story, why do the Crow Indians use sweat lodges as part of their religious traditions?
2. Why does Old Man Coyote send Pokey back to his body?
3. Why does Coyote steal a card from Sam's Rolodex?
4. Why does Aaron offer Sam a partnership in his agency?
5. Why does Pokey worry that Sam may have seen Old Man Coyote in his dream at the fasting place?
6. While they are having sex in her apartment, why does Calliope tell Sam to ignore the slamming door from downstairs?
7. Why is Sam so disconcerted by Aaron's story about the Indian attacking Cable and Cochran's threatening a lawsuit?
8. Why are Calliope, Nina, and Yiffer hiding the morning after Sam and Calliope's dinner date?
9. Why is Aaron angry at Sam concerning Sam's meeting with Cable and Cochran?
10. 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?
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
How is Sam different at the end of the book than he was at the beginning? How has he changed? What caused the change?
Essay Topic 3
Identify and explain the climax of the novel. Why is this scene the climax of the novel? What lead up to it?
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