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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. After rescuing the cow, what does the narrator realize about his male relatives as he lays on the ground?
(a) They left him too soon.
(b) They are calling him.
(c) They were picky people.
(d) They were the only ones he really loved.

5. What is the last question the man in the car asks the narrator after giving him a ride home from Havre?
(a) If all Indians have that much land.
(b) If he can take his picture.
(c) If this is really where he lives.
(d) If he needs money.

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

7. After returning from Havre, where does Teresa say they have taken her mother's body?
(a) To the burial ground.
(b) To the church.
(c) To Harlem.
(d) To the barn.

8. In Havre, what does the narrator do when the woman doesn't return with his money?
(a) He picks up his car keys.
(b) He pops her tire.
(c) He scratches her car.
(d) He looks for her in the bar.

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

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

11. While digging his grandmother's grave, what do the narrator and Lame Bull disagree about?
(a) The depth of the grave.
(b) The amount each man will dig.
(c) The length of the grave.
(d) The location of the grave.

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

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

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

15. After the grandmother's death, what question does the narrator continually ask Yellow Calf?
(a) "Why did you live here? "
(b) "Why didn't you tell me?"
(c) "Why didn't you take it? "
(d) "Why did you stay?"

Short Answer Questions

1. While speaking with Ferdinand Horn's wife for the second time, what does the narrator realize?

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

3. In the family graveyard, what material does the family use for grave markers?

4. After several hard days in Havre, what does the narrator wish would happen to him?

5. After sleeping with Marlene, what does the narrator find is wrong with his face?

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