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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the white traveler is taken away from Havre, who does the narrator wish he could find?
(a) His father's friend.
(b) His girlfriend.
(c) His brother-in-law.
(d) The barmaid.

2. While the narrator's mother is preparing for the funeral, what does the narrator believe is making his horse nervous?
(a) A coyote.
(b) A glimpse of a snake.
(c) The coming storm.
(d) Old age.

3. After the old woman dies, what does Ferdinand Horn's wife want to know?
(a) If Teresa is home.
(b) If they can come in.
(c) How long the narrator has been gone.
(d) If the narrator found his girlfriend.

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

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

6. Where does the narrator stay with Marlene?
(a) At a friend's abandoned trailer.
(b) In the back of her car.
(c) At his hotel room.
(d) At her house.

7. What does the narrator decide to do while attending his grandmother's funeral?
(a) Buy a new horse.
(b) Ask his girlfriend to marry him.
(c) Get a job in the city.
(d) Visit Yellow Calf more often.

8. While Mose and the narrator are herding cattle, what goes wrong?
(a) The weather spooked the cattle.
(b) A calf became stuck in a coulee.
(c) The spinster wouldn't go through the gate.
(d) The narrator became lost.

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

10. After returning home from Havre, what does the narrator notice is different about his home?
(a) The truck is missing.
(b) The house has been painted.
(c) His grandmother is gone.
(d) His horse is not in the corral.

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

12. After his horse falls, what does the narrator wonder about his brother and father?
(a) If he is about to join them.
(b) If they are comfortable.
(c) If they feared death.
(d) If they are cold.

13. How many years are between Yellow Calf and the old woman?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

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

15. After his escapades in Havre, who does the narrator ride with on his way home?
(a) A rancher and his family.
(b) A businessman and his family.
(c) A professor and his family.
(d) A hutterite family.

Short Answer Questions

1. After his second conversation with Yellow Calf, what does the narrator realize about the old man?

2. What does the narrator ultimately do to Marlene?

3. After digging his grandmother's grave, what does the coming storm make the narrator ponder?

4. While laying on the ground after his horse falls, what does the narrator find is unexpected?

5. When Ferdinand Horn visits for the second time, what does the narrator lie to him about?

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