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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before his grandmother's funeral, what does the narrator decide to take on his visit to Yellow Calf?
(a) An axe.
(b) A bottle of wine.
(c) A bundle of tobacco.
(d) His grandmother's pipe.

2. After sleeping with Marlene, what does the narrator decide to do?
(a) Find his girlfriend once and for all.
(b) Rob a drunk.
(c) Leave Havre.
(d) Check on her children.

3. What does the narrator decide to do while attending his grandmother's funeral?
(a) Buy a new horse.
(b) Visit Yellow Calf more often.
(c) Get a job in the city.
(d) Ask his girlfriend to marry him.

4. Who first takes the narrator to see his grandfather?
(a) The old woman.
(b) First Raise.
(c) Teresa.
(d) Mose.

5. After the grandmother's death, what does Yellow Calf reveal to the narrator?
(a) That he knew the narrator's grandmother.
(b) That the grandmother was not Blackfeet.
(c) That he truly owned Lame Bull's land.
(d) That the grandmother owed him money.

6. While speaking with Ferdinand Horn's wife for the second time, what does the narrator realize?
(a) Mrs. Horn is a relative.
(b) He has left the horse out on the pasture.
(c) He is about to be sick.
(d) He misses his girlfriend.

7. After the old woman dies, what preoccupies Ferdinand Horn during his conversation with the narrator?
(a) His wife's attitude.
(b) HIs new rings.
(c) The number of bales in the field.
(d) The narrator's appearance.

8. How does Teresa react to the death of her mother?
(a) She disappears into her bedroom.
(b) She begins working too hard.
(c) She becomes drunk.
(d) She becomes angry.

9. Throughout all the years that the grandmother and Yellow Calf were separated, how far did they live from one another?
(a) One mile.
(b) Two miles.
(c) Three miles.
(d) Six miles.

10. After the old woman became a widow, what does the text say Yellow Calf did for her?
(a) Hunted.
(b) Made fires.
(c) Built a teepee.
(d) Kept others away.

11. After returning from Havre and bathing, who does the narrator find is still on the ranch with him?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) The animals.
(c) His dog.
(d) His stepfather.

12. What is the last question the man in the car asks the narrator after giving him a ride home from Havre?
(a) If he can take his picture.
(b) If he needs money.
(c) If this is really where he lives.
(d) If all Indians have that much land.

13. How many years did the old woman and Yellow Calf live near one another without living together?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Forty.
(c) Thirty-five.
(d) Twenty-five.

14. While Mose and the narrator are herding cattle, what goes wrong?
(a) The weather spooked the cattle.
(b) The spinster wouldn't go through the gate.
(c) A calf became stuck in a coulee.
(d) The narrator became lost.

15. When the narrator finds the cow trapped in the mud, what is his first reaction?
(a) He jumps down immediately to help her.
(b) He feels sorry for her.
(c) He wants to let her drown.
(d) He opens the gate to ride away.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the old woman dies, what reason do Ferdinand Horn and his wife give for stopping at the house?

2. After the grandmother's death, what does Lame Bull bring home to commemorate her life?

3. After several hard days in Havre, who does the narrator decide he has had enough of?

4. How many people does the narrator say are at his grandmother's funeral?

5. When the narrator visits Yellow Calf, how does the old man react to the news of the old woman's death?

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