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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the narrator goes to visit Yellow Calf for the second time, what has changed about him?
(a) He wears shoes.
(b) He has cut his hand.
(c) He is unhappy.
(d) He has sunk into dementia.

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

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

4. Who does the narrator address that he seems to compare to himself and the fate of his people?
(a) His brother.
(b) His horse.
(c) The herd.
(d) The cottonwoods.

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

6. After his return from Havre, what does Lame Bull tell the narrator they must do the following day?
(a) Dig a grave.
(b) Round up the cows.
(c) Go see the priest.
(d) Repair the fence.

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

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

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

10. After his grandmother's death, what does the narrator finally remember?
(a) His brother's death.
(b) Why he loves his girlfriend.
(c) His love for his mother.
(d) His father.

11. While traveling home from Havre, what do the parents of the little girl in the car say has caused her illness?
(a) The heat.
(b) She is upset.
(c) She is making it up.
(d) The water.

12. How does Teresa react to the death of her mother?
(a) She begins working too hard.
(b) She becomes drunk.
(c) She disappears into her bedroom.
(d) She becomes angry.

13. After the old woman dies, what reason do Ferdinand Horn and his wife give for stopping at the house?
(a) To drop off some beer.
(b) To buy some hay.
(c) To visit Lame Bull.
(d) To offer their condolences.

14. When the narrator finds the cow trapped in the mud, what is his first reaction?
(a) He wants to let her drown.
(b) He feels sorry for her.
(c) He jumps down immediately to help her.
(d) He opens the gate to ride away.

15. After returning from Havre and bathing, where does the narrator go?
(a) To the corral.
(b) To the living room.
(c) To the local bar.
(d) To the tree his brother loved.

Short Answer Questions

1. While digging his grandmother's grave, what memory does the narrator recall?

2. How does Mose die?

3. While hitching a ride home from Havre, what is between the narrator and the little girl in the back seat?

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

5. After the old woman became a widow, what does the text say Yellow Calf did for her?

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