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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 is sitting in the clinic waiting room when Coyote, Pokey, and Sam leave?

2. What does Sam warn Coyote to avoid in Las Vegas?

3. What does Sam tell Coyote will happen if the police run a background check on Sam?

4. What does Sam explain to Coyote when they reach Las Vegas?

5. What does M.F.'s father call him when he wakes up in the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Calliope say she did not call Sam when she discovered that Lonnie had taken Grubb?

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

3. What two observations does M.F. make in King's Lake, Nevada when he catches up with Sam and Coyote?

4. How does Coyote stop a police officer from chasing after Calliope?

5. Why does Coyote refer to the ATM machine as a cheating machine?

6. Why does Sam attack Coyote when he returns from the Underworld?

7. Why does Pokey tell Sam that Coyote can retrieve people from the Underworld?

8. Why does Anubis refuse to return Calliope's soul to her body?

9. Why does Coyote suggest they all go to a Crow reservation in Montana?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

How does the author use symbolism in Coyote Blue? Explain at least two examples of symbolism. What is the symbol? What does it represent?

Essay Topic 3

What is M.F.'s role in the novel? What does the story of his past reveal about him? Why does he choose to help Sam and Coyote?

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