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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 Sam feel from the moment he gets to Santa Barbara?

2. How many times does Spagnola shoot at the coyote on Sam's patio?

3. Who might take notice if Aaron's name appears next to Sam's name in the newspaper?

4. In Chapter 8, what is Calliope thinking about as she waits for Sam to pick her up from work?

5. What does Lloyd Commerce sell?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Old Man Coyote send Pokey back to his body?

2. Why does Tinker attack Spagnola?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Sam's dream about Lloyd Commerce figure into his life? What does it foretell?

Essay Topic 2

What does Sam consider to be his normal life? What does he mean when he says he doesn't want what's real anymore, he wants what is real?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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