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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Teresa act at the funeral?
(a) She leaves.
(b) She doesn't make a sound.
(c) She falls on her knees.
(d) She wails.

2. After his return from Havre, what does Lame Bull tell the narrator they must do the following day?
(a) Go see the priest.
(b) Repair the fence.
(c) Dig a grave.
(d) Round up the cows.

3. While digging his grandmother's grave, what do the narrator and Lame Bull disagree about?
(a) The depth of the grave.
(b) The amount each man will dig.
(c) The location of the grave.
(d) The length of the grave.

4. After returning from Havre, what does the narrator immediately remember about his past ?
(a) A school trip.
(b) A day away from the reservation.
(c) How he has always been unhappy.
(d) Hunting with his brother.

5. What does the narrator do after the white traveler is taken away?
(a) Considers going home.
(b) Sits on the curb.
(c) Goes back to the bar.
(d) Gets drunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator goes to visit Yellow Calf for the second time, what has changed about him?

2. After his night with Marlene, where does the narrator walk out to?

3. While speaking with Ferdinand Horn's wife for the second time, what does the narrator realize?

4. After digging his grandmother's grave, what does the coming storm make the narrator ponder?

5. In the family graveyard, what material does the family use for grave markers?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the narrator nearly dies in Chapter 42, what does he suddenly understand about dying?

2. How does Lame Bull react to the death of the grandmother?

3. When the narrator returns home from Havre, what does he think about while he is alone?

4. In Chapter 36, before Mose dies, what is the mood of the story?

5. How is the narrator treated by the people who give him a ride home from Havre, and how is that typical of his experiences with outsiders?

6. What kind of a relationship do the old woman and Yellow Calf have throughout the years before Teresa's birth?

7. Why does the narrator treat Marlene badly?

8. While the narrator is riding home from Havre, what does he notice about the little girl in the car and how is that significant?

9. At the very end of the book, what does the narrator determine to do and how is this different from the beginning of the book?

10. After the narrator digs his grandmother's grave, what does he begin to think about, and what effect do his thoughts have on him?

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