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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 does Pokey ask about when he sees Sam at the clinic?

2. In the memory Coyote sends Sam about breaking into a cemetery, whose grave does Sam want to see?

3. What does Sam complain to Calliope about as they are driving into Utah?

4. What blocks a police officer's path when he tries to chase Calliope in his car?

5. Why does Calliope say she slept with Sam so soon?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Adeline ask the nurse at the clinic if there is room now that a horse, a young man, and an old man have left?

2. What is the story told about Coyote and Beaver and what does it reveal about Coyote?

3. Why did M.F.'s mother call him asking for help?

4. Why was Calliope so afraid that Sam would not come with her to get Grubb?

5. Why is a clerk in a store shocked when M.F. takes off his sunglasses, and what does this reveal about M.F.?

6. Why is Jake compelled to assist M.F. when M.F. calls him?

7. What is the memory of sneaking in to see Custer's grave meant to point out to Sam?

8. What is the significance of the black limo Sam sees pulling away from the truck stop?

9. Why isn't Coyote able to win much at the private gambling table M.F. takes him to?

10. Why does the Indian doctor think Pokey is gone?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the author use irony in Coyote Blue? What are some instances of irony? Why are they ironic?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of magic and heritage in Coyote Blue. Which characters embrace the heritage of the Crow Indian? Which characters reject it? Which characters seem to change their opinion by the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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

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