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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. While in Malta, what does the narrator do with the letter he picked up for his mother in Dodson?
(a) He throws it away.
(b) He tears it up.
(c) He loses it.
(d) He sends it back to the reservation with a friend.

3. What does Lame Bull grow on his land?
(a) Corn.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Sugar beets.
(d) Hay.

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

5. In Malta, who talks to the narrator as soon as he steps out the door of the hotel?
(a) A woman.
(b) A cop.
(c) A child.
(d) A man.

6. In Chapter 11, in what sport does Lame Bull's friend say that Long Knife was a champion?
(a) Bull-riding.
(b) Saddle bronc riding.
(c) Running.
(d) Demolition Derby.

7. While out on the range, what question does the narrator ask his brother about their father?
(a) If he has hit their mother.
(b) If he will be angry with them for staying outside.
(c) If he will take them fishing.
(d) If he will go hunting that year.

8. After the encounter with Long Knife, where does the narrator hear that his girlfriend has gone?
(a) To Durham.
(b) To Chinook.
(c) To Malta.
(d) To Havre.

9. What is the name of the woman who gives the narrator a ride to Havre?
(a) Laura.
(b) Malvina.
(c) Ella.
(d) Agnes.

10. In the bar in Malta, why does the narrator lie to the bartender about knowing Lame Bull?
(a) Because he wants to pretend he is someone else.
(b) Because Lame Bull caused trouble there.
(c) Because he wants to forget he is married to his mother.
(d) Because he dislikes his stepfather.

11. While in Malta, what is the narrator constantly afraid of as he walks through town?
(a) Racist college students.
(b) Other Native Americans.
(c) The police.
(d) Meeting his girlfriend's new man.

12. What is the name of the woman the narrator meets outside the bar in Havre?
(a) Marlene.
(b) Jessica.
(c) Ana.
(d) Adrienne.

13. In the hotel bar in Malta, the narrator meets a white man. Where is he from?
(a) New York.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Minneapolis.

14. What is the name of the narrator's horse?
(a) Old Bird.
(b) Evenstar.
(c) Mo.
(d) Anaheim.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator works in the rehabilitation clinic, why does he decide to leave?

2. While out on the range, what food do the narrator and his brother have with them?

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

4. While the narrator is out on the range with his brother, what animal do they let lead the herd?

5. Before the narrator heads for Malta, what memories are brought back by the bar in Dodson?

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