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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the narrator finds the cow drowning in the mud, of what does she remind him?
(a) Yellow Calf's history.
(b) A bug in a puddle.
(c) His grandmother's face.
(d) His brother's death.

2. What does the narrator wear to his grandmother's funeral?
(a) A suit Lame Bull bought for him.
(b) His father's suit.
(c) Traditional dress.
(d) His regular clothes.

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

4. While laying on the ground after his horse falls, what does the narrator find is unexpected?
(a) His sorrow at the death of his horse.
(b) The pain in his leg.
(c) The peace he feels.
(d) The numbness in his legs.

5. What reason does Yellow Calf give for the grandmother being abandoned by her tribe?
(a) Her attitude.
(b) Her lowly position.
(c) She was bad luck.
(d) She was beautifuul.

6. What kinds of questions do the family members ask the narrator while they give him a ride home from Havre?
(a) They ask about Indians.
(b) They ask about his family.
(c) They ask for directions.
(d) They ask about good fishing holes.

7. After returning home from Havre, what town's radio station does the narrator listen to while he is bathing?
(a) Billings.
(b) Havre.
(c) Harlem.
(d) Great Falls.

8. After going to the Palace Bar in Havre to meet the traveling white man, what does the narrator see out the window?
(a) His girlfriend with another man.
(b) The traveler being stuffed in a trunk.
(c) The men who beat him looking for him.
(d) The traveler being arrested.

9. Upon Ferdinand Horn's second visit, what does the narrator tell him that surprises him?
(a) That they have more than 12 acres.
(b) That Yellow Calf is still alive.
(c) That their cattle have recently been branded.
(d) That Lame Bull is the same age as Teresa.

10. After returning from Havre, what does the narrator immediately remember about his past ?
(a) A day away from the reservation.
(b) A school trip.
(c) Hunting with his brother.
(d) How he has always been unhappy.

11. Before his grandmother's funeral, what does the narrator decide to take on his visit to Yellow Calf?
(a) An axe.
(b) A bottle of wine.
(c) His grandmother's pipe.
(d) A bundle of tobacco.

12. After sleeping with Marlene, what does the narrator find is wrong with his face?
(a) His nose is swollen.
(b) Too many people know what he looks like.
(c) It is not the face of his father.
(d) It is an Indian face.

13. What is the first thing the narrator does after arriving at the Palace Bar in Havre?
(a) He washes his bloody face.
(b) He plays the quarter machine.
(c) He orders a drink.
(d) He searches for the woman who took his money.

14. While the narrator is losing consciousness after Old Bird falls, what does he hear?
(a) A truck motor.
(b) Thunder.
(c) The calf calling for its mother.
(d) A bird calling.

15. After his horse falls, why doesn't the narrator want to move?
(a) Because he has broken his leg.
(b) Because he is comfortable.
(c) Because he is dying.
(d) Because he doesn't care.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the old woman dies, what does Ferdinand Horn's wife want to know?

2. After giving money to the woman in Havre, what does the narrator watch her children do as he waits?

3. As a child visiting Yellow Calf, what did the narrator and his escort take with them?

4. What is notable about the narrator's last walk through Havre?

5. After sleeping with Marlene, what does the narrator decide to do?

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