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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does First Raise die?

2. What do the local people think caused the river to turn milky white?

3. While in Havre, who does the narrator see the white traveler talking to?

4. In Chapter 11, in what sport does Lame Bull's friend say that Long Knife was a champion?

5. After losing Dougie in Malta, the narrator walks through a movie theater. Who does he see on the screen?

Short Essay Questions

1. After being beaten by Dougie, why doesn't the narrator retaliate?

2. While the narrator is fishing with Lame Bull in Chapter Four, what do they argue about, and why?

3. After meeting with his girlfriend and being beaten, why does the narrator agree to drink with another woman?

4. While herding cattle, what do Mose and the narrator discuss?

5. When Lame Bull and Teresa return from Malta in Chapter Six, what is different about them and how does this change the direction of the plot?

6. When the narrator finally speaks with his girlfriend, how does the conversation go?

7. When the narrator goes fishing in Chapter Three, what is significant about the color of the river?

8. In Chapter Fourteen, what impression does the girlfriend's brother give the narrator about her?

9. In Chapter Eight, when the narrator argues with his mother about the turkey, what is significant about their differing memories?

10. In Chapter 25, what are Mose and the narrator doing out on the range?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why, in the entire novel, is the name of the narrator never revealed? How does this contribute to the overall theme of the book? What is a possible name for the narrator?

Essay Topic 2

At the beginning of the novel, the narrator loses his electric razor and his rifle to a woman he claims to care nothing about. How is this symbolic?

Essay Topic 3

At the end of the book, the family dresses up and attends the funeral of the grandmother. What is ironic about the situation?

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