ANSWER KEY

1.) c

2.) b

3.) b

4.) a

5.) c

6.) b

7.) b

8.) b

9.) c

10) a

11.) b

12.) c

13.) c

14.) c

15.) b

ESSAY TOPICS - BOOK REPORT IDEAS

1. Analyze the difference in the characters of Gus and Call, emphasizing how these differences affect the decisions they make.

2. Explain how Lorena can be a called a catalyst to the movement of plot in the story.

3. Explain why you believe that Woodrow Call cannot bring himself to tell Newt that he is his son.

4. From the viewpoints of Gus, Deets, and Newt, explain why the drive north to Montana might have been a mistake.

5. Why do you believe Larry McMurtry entitled his book Lonesome Dove when the majority of the novel doesn't take place there?

6. Explain how Gus can be called a philosopher.

7. How does McMurtry present the Indians of this time period? Why might Blue Duck's character be insulting to any Native Americans who might read this book today?

8. How does this novel show how brutal the settling of the west actually was?

9. Why does Call insist on taking Gus' body back to Texas? Why does Clara Allen find Gus' request perverse?

10. Why do you believe that McMurtry ended his novel so abruptly? Is it an effective ending? Why or why not?

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