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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 does Lorena decide?

2. Who arrives at Clara's ranch first?

3. What does Jake give Newt?

4. What does Gus do when they reach Ogallala?

5. Who do Gus and Call meet before getting to Clara's?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does July feel guilty?

2. Why does Gus not go after Blue Duck?

3. What worries Dish when Call rides off to help Gus?

4. What happens to Elmira when she sees Dee?

5. What does Clara tell Gus about marriage?

6. What is one of the last things Gus does after Call arrives?

7. When riding and talking with Gus, what confuses Newt?

8. Jake asks the Suggs brothers gang about Blue Duck. What do they tell him?

9. What does Blue Duck tell Call?

10. What does July do at the bar Elmira used to work at?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lorena gets stuck in Lonesome Dove and sees little options for her future other than becoming a prostitute. She sees her occupation as an accident of circumstances.

Part 1) How is Lorena a victim of circumstances? Provide examples from the novel.

Part 2) How much control does Lorena have on her life? Could she make different choices? Use examples from the novel to illustrate Lorena's choices.

Part 3) Does Lorena take charge of her life by the end of the novel? How or how not? Cite examples from the book to support your case.

Essay Topic 2

Being racist is to judge a person based on his or her race instead of the person as an individual. Write an essay addressing any racism in Lonesome Dove.

Part 1) Are the Hat Creek men racist toward Mexicans? Include examples from the novel explaining your answer.

Part 2) Are the Hat Creek men racist toward Indians? Include examples from the novel explaining your answer.

Part 3) Do the Hat Creek men discriminate against any other groups? If so, what groups? How do they discriminate? If not, show examples of the men treating other groups as equals.

Essay Topic 3

Clara accuses Call of ruining his and Gus's life.

Part 1) Did Call ruin Gus's life? How or how not? Use examples from the novel to support your answer.

Part 2) Did Call ruin his own life? How or how not?

Part 3) Does Call ruin Clara's life? In what way? Does she blame Call for Gus's death?

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