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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 37.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who most likely gave the narrator a black eye?
(a) A woman.
(b) The white man.
(c) His stepfather.
(d) The bartender.

2. After digging his grandmother's grave, what does the coming storm make the narrator ponder?
(a) "The hole is going to be filled."
(b) "It rains too much here."
(c) "We shouldn't have run them."
(d) "Death always comes with a storm."

3. What kinds of questions do the family members ask the narrator while they give him a ride home from Havre?
(a) They ask about Indians.
(b) They ask about good fishing holes.
(c) They ask for directions.
(d) They ask about his family.

4. After sleeping with Marlene, what about her makes it hard for the narrator to look at her?
(a) Her facial expression.
(b) Her eyes.
(c) Her tears.
(d) Her weight.

5. On the day the narrator and his brother are on the range, what do they decide has happened to their missing cow?
(a) She became lost in the woods.
(b) She escaped to another range.
(c) Their father had sold her.
(d) She died in a mudhole.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the woman talks to the narrator outside the Havre bar, what does she offer to do for him?

2. Before his grandmother's funeral, while he is out on the plains alone, what emotion does the narrator realize?

3. In the cafe in Havre, what happens after the white traveler leaves?

4. After returning home from Havre, what is the first question Lame Bull asks the narrator?

5. What animal is killed in the story that the narrator reads while sitting with his grandmother?

(see the answer key)

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