Test Your Cold Lessons I.Q.

I'm not sure why everybody thinks that all the place names in Cold Lessons have real-life analogs--maybe something to do with the fact that the name on the cover of the book has a real-life analog. At any rate, Sue Toth has put together a quiz on the subject for her book club. I believe this is the first time that my work has been the subject of a quiz, and I'm deeply honored. With permission, I reprint the quiz below. (I'm not sure I could score 100% myself, but I'll do my best to grade any submissions.)

FUN WITH "COLD LESSONS," AKA, THE NAMES HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO PROTECT THE INNOCENT

(Note that (?) indicates that I am not really sure of the answer myself – Sue Toth)

1. Porte L’Enfer High School (&) Canyon = ______________________

2. Garden City = _____________________________

3. East Garden City = _______________________

4. St Philburn = ____________________

5. The Flatfoot Indian Reservation = __________________

6. The Flatfoot Lake = ________________________

7. Stone Creek = _________________________

8. The Buck Stop Bar = ______________________ (a roadhouse on the way to Pishkun, past Stone Creek) – I am not sure about this one (?)

9. The town of Reveille (with the windmill!) = ____________________

10. The Cambridge Bar = _______________________

11. The strip joint attached to the Cambridge Bar = ____________________

12. Mr. D’s Bar = _______________________

13. The Eggplant Stem restaurant = _____________________

14. The Garden City International Airport = ________________________

15. Copperhead Canyon (&) Wilderness = __________________________

16. The Three Star Restaurant and Bar = __________________________

17. The stretch of river that ran from where our "hero" was thrown in to where he got out; the 2 points of reference are from ______________________ to _______________________

18. The Castle Café = _______________________

19. The Foursquare Gospel Church = _________________________

20. The "What a Party" Party Rental = __________________________(?)

21. Shield Avenue = _______________________

22. The Sweetstem Valley = ________________________

23. St Ursula in the Field hospital, and Rehab Center = __________________

24. Stoner Pass, east of Garden City, right after Pishkun = ________________

25. Pishkun = ________________________

26. Our Lady of the Mining Industry = _______________________

27. The Double W Café (Pishkun’s equivalent to the Cambridge) = ________

28. Porte L’Enfer’s yearbook, The Beatrice = ______________________

29. Porte L’Enfer’s cheerleaders, the Sparklerettes = __________________(?)

30. The Monk Mountains = ____________________________

31. The town of Arles = _____________________________

32. The town of St. Paul = _________________________

33. The Garden City Gazette = ______________________

34. The Lewis Tongue River = _______________________

35. The Logville Police Department is the _________________ Police Dept.

36. The Sapphire Movie Theatre = __________________________

37. Bumper’s Casino (out the back door of the Sapphire) = _______________

38. Trudy’s Truck Stop Café (in the book, north of St Paul = ___________(?)

39. Sky View Display Advertising = ____________________ (?)

40. "Prepare to Meet Thy God; The Wages of Sin is Death," is located where: in the book __________________________; in Missoula ___________________

41. The St. Paul’s Warriors = ___________________

42. Which town currently (in reality) has "The Warriors?" _______________

43. The plastic sign in Reveille, which said "Welcome Stockmen," actually said: ________________________(?)

44. True or False: The reservation police cars in the book are reported to have a white buffalo in front of a blue lake. This is the same symbol in "reality." (?)