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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. Nordstrom spends the night doing what?
(a) Playing poker with men from the shipping department.
(b) Drinking alone.
(c) Dancing in the dark.
(d) Talking to his secretary.

2. Where does Nordstrom follow Laura, where she and Sarah have been making frequent trips to snort cocaine?
(a) To a coat closet.
(b) To the restroom.
(c) To a hotel room.
(d) To her bedroom.

3. In the morning, Nordstrom gets ready to meet with Sarah and adds what to his boot?
(a) A cell phone.
(b) A screw driver.
(c) A gun.
(d) A straight razor.

4. The brothers and their father's Native American friend stop at a tavern where Tristan beats the owner for what reason?
(a) His prejudice against One Stab.
(b) His prejudice against Crazy Horse.
(c) His prejudice against Sitting Bull.
(d) His prejudice against One Heart.

5. Susannah's father, Arthur, comes to Montana for a sporting expedition and buys what as a wedding present?
(a) A house in town.
(b) A herd of horses.
(c) New stallions.
(d) The neighboring ranch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alfred returns home to Washington DC, where Susannah is suffering from what?

2. He writes in his journal, thinking again about what?

3. Why does Susannah's father provide Alfred with an office in Helena?

4. Sarah offers him a line of cocaine, but what does Nordstrom want?

5. The brothers' father, Ludlow, regrets what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ludlow feel after allowing the boys to go to war?

2. What takes place directly after Sonia's graduation?

3. How does Tristan play a role in Susannah's suicide?

4. What does does Nordstrom do on his way to his appointment with the psychiatrist?

5. How does this story end?

6. What takes place at the meeting between Nordstrom, Sarah, and Slats?

7. How does Tristan spend seven years with his new wife?

8. Why does Tristan marry Susannah? How does Susannah seem to feel about him? How do you know this?

9. How does Isabel Two die?

10. What does Tristan do to two of the Irishmen that are out to kill him?

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