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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. After talking to his girlfriend and being beaten in the Havre bar, what does the narrator wake up to find he is missing?
(a) His money.
(b) A tooth.
(c) His shoes.
(d) His car keys.

4. In Chapter 11, how does Lame Bull react after his encounter with Long Knife?
(a) He buys him a drink and brings him back.
(b) He refuses to hire anyone else.
(c) He doesn't change at all.
(d) He stops grinning so much.

5. Who does the narrator see in front of the Silver Dollar bar?
(a) An old acquaintance.
(b) The man he robbed in Malta.
(c) His girlfriend.
(d) His mother.

6. In Chapter 10, what member of Long Knife's family contributes to his reputation as a good worker?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His brother.

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

8. What is the name of the narrator's brother?
(a) Oron.
(b) Erin.
(c) Rand.
(d) Mose.

9. When the narrator works in the rehabilitation clinic, why does he decide to leave?
(a) He became tired of the labor.
(b) He was fired.
(c) They only hired him because he was Indian.
(d) His leg hurt him too much.

10. While talking to the woman in the Harlem bar, where does the narrator find out she went to find work?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Minneapolis.
(c) Dodson.
(d) Chicago.

11. What tribe is the narrator's girlfriend from?
(a) Blackfeet.
(b) Cree.
(c) Gros Ventre.
(d) Cherokee.

12. How much money does the narrator give to the woman who talks to him after he has been beaten in Havre?
(a) Two dollars.
(b) Twenty dollars.
(c) Five dollars.
(d) Ten dollars.

13. In the cafe in Havre, what happens after the white traveler leaves?
(a) An old man dies.
(b) The narrator throws up.
(c) The waitress wants her money.
(d) A police officer walks in.

14. 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) Their father had sold her.
(c) She escaped to another range.
(d) She died in a mudhole.

15. Where do the narrator and his family get their water?
(a) They buy it bottled.
(b) From the tap.
(c) From a cistern.
(d) From the Milk River.

Short Answer Questions

1. While in Malta, why does the narrator decide he doesn't like the priest who drinks with his mother?

2. How do the ducks that First Raise wins at the fair end up dying?

3. In Chapter 5, what does the narrator find that he thinks will help him with fishing?

4. What does the white traveler offer to do for the narrator if he will help him?

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

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