View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While digging his grandmother's grave, what memory does the narrator recall?
(a) His father's death.
(b) Digging a well.
(c) His brother's laugh.
(d) His girlfriend's face.

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

3. After returning from Havre, where does Teresa say they have taken her mother's body?
(a) To the barn.
(b) To the church.
(c) To the burial ground.
(d) To Harlem.

4. How does Mose die?
(a) He falls and is trampled by the cattle.
(b) He is thrown from his horse.
(c) He slips out of the stirrup and drowns in the ditch.
(d) He is hit by a car.

5. Outside the Palace Bar, who questions the narrator while he is standing in the crowd?
(a) The bartender.
(b) A newspaperman.
(c) A policeman.
(d) An old friend of First Raise's.

Short Answer Questions

1. While pulling the cow out of the mud, what does the narrator realize about his feelings toward Lame Bull?

2. After his horse falls, why doesn't the narrator want to move?

3. What is notable about the narrator's last walk through Havre?

4. After returning from Havre and bathing, where does the narrator go?

5. When the narrator finds the cow trapped in the mud, what is his first reaction?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. After the narrator spends several days in Havre, what does he finally want to do, and why?

3. After the old woman's death, the narrator walks out on the plains alone to think. What significant event occurs while he is out there?

4. 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?

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. When the narrator walks out on the plains after his grandmother's death, what does he tell Old Bird?

7. While the narrator is digging his grandmother's grave, what does he remember about his father?

8. Why does First Raise take the narrator to visit Yellow Calf and why is that significant?

9. When Ferdinand Horn and his wife come to offer condolences, why does the wife seem so interested in the narrator's girlfriend and how does the narrator react?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 881 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample