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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the white traveler go to meet the narrator after their conversation in the Havre cafe?
(a) Minough's bar.
(b) The Legion Club.
(c) The Hotel bar.
(d) Another cafe.

2. Besides the white traveler, who else does the narrator meet in the hotel bar in Malta?
(a) A friendly barmaid.
(b) A college student.
(c) A police officer.
(d) An insurance salesman.

3. In Malta, what does the narrator do with the keys to the car after he spots the white traveler talking to someone?
(a) He gives them back to the white traveler.
(b) He throws them in the trash.
(c) He throws them in the gutter.
(d) He gives them to his girlfriend.

4. While in Havre, who does the narrator see the white traveler talking to?
(a) His girlfriend.
(b) A policeman.
(c) The man he robbed.
(d) The barmaid from Malta.

5. While out on the range, what does Mose tell the narrator he will do with the ammo he is going to buy?
(a) Hoard it.
(b) Kill a big buck.
(c) Give it to his father for a hunting trip.
(d) Kill his worthless horse.

6. How does the family celebrate the marriage of Lame Bull and Teresa?
(a) By throwing a party.
(b) By driving through the streets.
(c) With dancing.
(d) By drinking at home.

7. What does the narrator find in his father's toolbox that he takes fishing with him?
(a) A spoon.
(b) A long string.
(c) A wrench.
(d) A pair of boots.

8. How much younger than Teresa is Lame Bull?
(a) Eight years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Six years.
(d) Ten years.

9. What animal was killed because it attacked the narrator as a child?
(a) A mule.
(b) A turkey.
(c) A horse.
(d) A dog.

10. What is the name of the narrator's girlfriend?
(a) Meredith.
(b) Julia.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Ana.

11. While thinking about a day with his brother, the narrator remembers that his brother said they shouldn't leave their work until the next day. What is the reason?
(a) Their father would beat them.
(b) They would be able to go fishing.
(c) A blizzard was coming.
(d) The priest was coming.

12. After being beaten in the Havre bar, who helps the narrator?
(a) A barmaid.
(b) The bartender.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) A woman with children.

13. In Havre, the narrator meets the white traveling man again. Why does the white man leave so quickly?
(a) He cannot pay for his meal.
(b) He didn't want to see him.
(c) Someone else enters the cafe.
(d) The narrator offends him.

14. When the narrator arrives in Malta to find his girlfriend, where does he go first?
(a) Dougie's bar.
(b) King's bar.
(c) Railroad bar.
(d) Minough's bar.

15. What does the narrator's mother reveal when he returns home from the bar?
(a) That the police have come by.
(b) That his dog has died.
(c) That his girlfriend has left.
(d) That she is kicking him out.

Short Answer Questions

1. After hitching a ride to Havre with a woman, what stops the narrator from raping her the next morning?

2. What does the narrator call the shack on the hill near his home?

3. After talking to his girlfriend and being beaten in the Havre bar, what does the narrator wake up to find he is missing?

4. Where do the narrator and his family get their water?

5. In Malta, what subject does the narrator argue with the other hotel bar patrons about?

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