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

2. Who does the narrator's grandmother stay with after 25 years as a widow?
(a) A fed.
(b) A half-white drifter.
(c) A rancher.
(d) A man on the tribal counsel.

3. While out on the range, what food do the narrator and his brother have with them?
(a) Fry bread.
(b) Candy bars.
(c) Sandwiches.
(d) Apples.

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

5. How does Standing Bear, the husband of the grandmother, die?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) During a raid on another tribe.
(c) Starvation.
(d) A knife wound.

6. What does the narrator call the shack on the hill near his home?
(a) A dump.
(b) The earthboy place.
(c) The hollow place.
(d) The burrows.

7. What does the white traveler offer to do for the narrator if he will help him?
(a) Pay him.
(b) Buy him a car.
(c) Give him a ride.
(d) Help him find his girlfriend.

8. While the narrator is out on the range with his brother, what animal do they let lead the herd?
(a) A young bull.
(b) A pair of calves.
(c) A pair of heifers.
(d) An old spinster.

9. What does the woman who helps the narrator outside the bar in Havre look like?
(a) She is young but plain.
(b) She has a scarred face.
(c) She is overweight with blackened teeth.
(d) She is slight and blond.

10. When was the last time the narrator saw the old man?
(a) Six months ago.
(b) When he was a child.
(c) At his father's funeral.
(d) He has never seen him before.

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

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

13. While in Havre, the narrator remembers a day with his brother. Where were he and his brother going?
(a) To herd cattle.
(b) To the bar.
(c) To town.
(d) To mend fences.

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

15. What does the narrator take with him when he travels to Malta to find his girlfriend?
(a) A paper sack with clothes.
(b) A suitcase.
(c) His wallet.
(d) A knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator work when he goes outside the reservation?

2. In Malta, what does Dougie convince the narrator to do?

3. Where does the white traveler go to meet the narrator after their conversation in the Havre cafe?

4. What does the narrator find in his father's toolbox that he takes fishing with him?

5. When the narrator visits the old man, what problem of age does the old man have?

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