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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. Where do Pea Eye and Gus go scouting, which is as far north as most of the men know?

2. What does Dan Suggs want from Wilbarger?

3. Why did the Indians steal the horses ?

4. Where does Gus want to be buried?

5. What treat does Po Campo make the men after they return from town?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Clara want Call to change his mind about honoring Gus' request?

2. What does Clara tell Gus about marriage?

3. What does July tell Peach is his letter to her?

4. What does Old Hugh do for the ranch?

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

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

7. What does Deets find on the Arkansas River?

8. What happens to July near the Republican River?

9. What makes Call mad in Ogallala?

10. Deets tells Gus and Call that the tracks leading away from the fight with Wilbarger include Jake's horse. What does Gus say?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Justice is a recurring theme. How do different characters seek and find justice? In what circumstances do they decide not to seek justice? Explain the difference in those circumstances. How does seeking justice (or not seeking justice) affect the plot? Use examples from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

There are only a few women in the novel, as there were few women in the setting of the novel.

Part 1) What place do women have in the society of the novel? How do the men characters feel towards them? Use examples from the book.

Part 2) Pick one female character from the novel and discuss how she handles the circumstances of her life.

Part 3) Does the character you pick have a fulfilling, satisfying life? How or how not? Cite examples from the book to support your answer. What might your character do differently to improve her life?

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