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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After sleeping with Marlene, what about her makes it hard for the narrator to look at her?
(a) Her eyes.
(b) Her weight.
(c) Her tears.
(d) Her facial expression.

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

4. After returning home from Havre, what is the first question Lame Bull asks the narrator?
(a) If he has the money he owes him.
(b) If he can fix the truck.
(c) Whether or not he found his girlfriend.
(d) What happened to his face.

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

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 for directions.
(c) They ask about his family.
(d) They ask about good fishing holes.

7. Where does the family decide to bury the narrator's grandmother?
(a) Beside her first home.
(b) On their own land.
(c) In the cemetery in town.
(d) On a designated burial ground.

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

9. 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.

10. How old is Mose when he dies?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Eighteen.

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

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

13. After giving money to the woman in Havre, what does the narrator watch her children do as he waits?
(a) Make faces at him from the window.
(b) Play with the steering wheel and cry.
(c) Leave the car and go into a store.
(d) Try to drive the car.

14. While speaking with Ferdinand Horn's wife for the second time, what does the narrator realize?
(a) Mrs. Horn is a relative.
(b) He has left the horse out on the pasture.
(c) He misses his girlfriend.
(d) He is about to be sick.

15. How many people does the narrator say are at his grandmother's funeral?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the grandmother's death, what does Lame Bull bring home to commemorate her life?

2. After sleeping with Marlene, what emotion does her appearance elicit in the narrator?

3. How does Mose die?

4. While the narrator is trying to rescue the cow, what other animal appears nearby to watch?

5. After the death of the narrator's grandmother, he finds out the priest will be sent away. Where is he going?

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