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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While the narrator is trying to rescue the cow, what other animal appears nearby to watch?
(a) A coyote.
(b) A cat.
(c) A pheasant.
(d) A magpie.

2. After his second conversation with Yellow Calf, what does the narrator realize about the old man?
(a) He isn't really blind.
(b) He caused his brother's death.
(c) He is his uncle.
(d) He is his grandfather.

3. After the grandmother's death, what does Lame Bull bring home to commemorate her life?
(a) A new horse.
(b) Wine.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) A pipe.

4. While herding cattle, where do the narrator and Mose decide to take them?
(a) Across the highway.
(b) Away from the valley.
(c) Into another pasture.
(d) To a neighboring ranch.

5. After sleeping with Marlene, what does the narrator decide to do?
(a) Leave Havre.
(b) Rob a drunk.
(c) Check on her children.
(d) Find his girlfriend once and for all.

6. While Mose and the narrator are herding cattle, what time of day is it when they reach the gate?
(a) Dusk.
(b) Afternoon.
(c) Morning.
(d) Dawn.

7. After several hard days in Havre, who does the narrator decide he has had enough of?
(a) White men.
(b) Himself.
(c) Women.
(d) Bartenders.

8. What goes wrong at the grandmother's funeral?
(a) Teresa forgets the grave marker.
(b) Lame Bull doesn't attend.
(c) The coffin doesn't fit.
(d) The wind blows the coffin over.

9. How does Teresa act at the funeral?
(a) She doesn't make a sound.
(b) She falls on her knees.
(c) She leaves.
(d) She wails.

10. What does the narrator ultimately do to Marlene?
(a) He gives her his address.
(b) He slaps her.
(c) He rolls her off the bed.
(d) He ignores her.

11. While hitching a ride home from Havre, what is between the narrator and the little girl in the back seat?
(a) A tire jack.
(b) A suitcase.
(c) A case of peaches.
(d) A dog.

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

13. Before his grandmother's funeral, while he is out on the plains alone, what emotion does the narrator realize?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Anger.
(c) Grief.
(d) Remorse.

14. After the old woman dies, what preoccupies Ferdinand Horn during his conversation with the narrator?
(a) HIs new rings.
(b) His wife's attitude.
(c) The number of bales in the field.
(d) The narrator's appearance.

15. While pulling the cow out of the mud, what does the narrator realize about his feelings toward Lame Bull?
(a) He doesn't believe he will come back.
(b) He may have killed his father.
(c) He is better than his father.
(d) He married Teresa for her money.

Short Answer Questions

1. After rescuing the cow, what does the narrator realize about his male relatives as he lays on the ground?

2. How many people does the narrator say are at his grandmother's funeral?

3. After returning from Havre, what does the narrator immediately remember about his past ?

4. When the narrator visits Yellow Calf, how does the old man react to the news of the old woman's death?

5. When the narrator goes to visit Yellow Calf for the second time, what has changed about him?

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