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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the white traveler go to meet the narrator after their conversation in the Havre cafe?
(a) The Hotel bar.
(b) The Legion Club.
(c) Another cafe.
(d) Minough's bar.

2. After losing Dougie in Malta, the narrator walks through a movie theater. Who does he see on the screen?
(a) Doris Day.
(b) Greta Garbo.
(c) Orson Welles.
(d) Audrey Hepburn.

3. In Malta, what does the narrator do with the keys to the car after he spots the white traveler talking to someone?
(a) He throws them in the trash.
(b) He throws them in the gutter.
(c) He gives them to his girlfriend.
(d) He gives them back to the white traveler.

4. In Malta, what does Dougie convince the narrator to do?
(a) Break into a car.
(b) Help him rob a drunk.
(c) Buy him a beer.
(d) Give him some cash.

5. What tribe is the narrator's grandmother from originally?
(a) Gros Ventres.
(b) Cherokee.
(c) The Blackfeet.
(d) The Crow.

6. What does the narrator's father dream about, but never does?
(a) Buying a horse.
(b) Traveling to the coast.
(c) Taking an Elk in Glacier Park.
(d) Securing a job in Havre.

7. In the hotel bar in Malta, the narrator meets a white man. Where is he from?
(a) Minneapolis.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Seattle.
(d) New York.

8. Before the narrator heads for Malta, what memories are brought back by the bar in Dodson?
(a) Memories of his father.
(b) Memories of visits from the white men.
(c) Memories of school encounters.
(d) Memories of drunken beatings.

9. When the narrator visits the old man, what problem of age does the old man have?
(a) He is diabetic.
(b) He has ulcers.
(c) He cannot walk.
(d) He is blind.

10. In Malta, who talks to the narrator as soon as he steps out the door of the hotel?
(a) A woman.
(b) A cop.
(c) A child.
(d) A man.

11. What does the woman who helps the narrator outside the bar in Havre look like?
(a) She is slight and blond.
(b) She has a scarred face.
(c) She is young but plain.
(d) She is overweight with blackened teeth.

12. Where do the narrator and his family get their water?
(a) From a cistern.
(b) From the tap.
(c) From the Milk River.
(d) They buy it bottled.

13. While in Havre, the narrator remembers a day with his brother. Where were he and his brother going?
(a) To town.
(b) To herd cattle.
(c) To the bar.
(d) To mend fences.

14. When Teresa and Lame Bull leave the house together, where do they go?
(a) To Havre.
(b) To Malta.
(c) To Chinook.
(d) To Durham.

15. In Chapter 13, before going to Malta, what does the narrator do for his mother?
(a) He buys her a beer.
(b) He cleans out the stable.
(c) He checks the mail.
(d) He checks the oil on the car.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long are Lame Bull and Teresa gone after the narrator returns home from drinking?

2. What weapon does the white traveler buy while the narrator is with him?

3. While out on the range, what question does the narrator ask his brother about their father?

4. What is the name of the woman who gives the narrator a ride to Havre?

5. What event does the narrator discuss with Lame Bull while fishing at the river?

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