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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. What is the name of Roscoe's horse?

2. Who goes back to Lonesome Dove with the first herd of horses?

3. Where do Gus and Call plan to look for a new cook?

4. How many times has Gus been married?

5. What does Call think has happened to Newt?

Short Essay Questions

1. What upsets Call when Jake tells him his and Lorena's plans?

2. Why is Gus not trying to hide the horses they brought back from Mexico?

3. What does Wilbarger want from Call? What does he offer?

4. Not long after Sean's death there is another accident, though not fatal this time. What happens?

5. What bothers Call about the first four boys he hires, who are all younger than eighteen?

6. What does Gus notice about the first forty horses that makes him laugh?

7. What does Deets warn Lorena?

8. How does Elmira feel about July? Why?

9. What does Gus understand about the constant talk of Sean's death?

10. How does Elmira react to the news that July is going to find Jake Spoon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gus thinks about the chain of events that Jake sets into motion by not facing the consequences of his accidental shooting in Arkansas. Pick three or four events from the novel. How are these events based on accident or circumstance? How might things have turned out differently if the events you chose did not happen, or happened differently? How are these accidents related to choices made by one or more characters? Use examples from the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Elmira and Lorena are both prostitutes as a matter of circumstances of their lives.

Part 1) Compare and contrast the characters of Elmira and Lorena. How are they the same? How are they different?

Part 2) How do Lorena and Elmira show their strengths or weaknesses in their characters?

Part 3) How do Lorena and Elmira each meet the challenges of their circumstances? What choices do they make to improve their lives? How does it work out for them? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Call and Gus have been friends for many years before the start of the novel. Write an essay about the relationship between Call and Gus. Why are they friends? How do they help each other or work as a team? Why does Gus ask Call to take his body to Texas? Why does Call agree?

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