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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 11, how does Lame Bull react after his encounter with Long Knife?
(a) He buys him a drink and brings him back.
(b) He doesn't change at all.
(c) He refuses to hire anyone else.
(d) He stops grinning so much.

2. In Chapter 5, what does the narrator find that he thinks will help him with fishing?
(a) A coupon.
(b) A charm.
(c) A cheap ring.
(d) A broken watch.

3. How much money does the narrator give to the woman who talks to him after he has been beaten in Havre?
(a) Two dollars.
(b) Five dollars.
(c) Ten dollars.
(d) Twenty dollars.

4. What event does the narrator discuss with Lame Bull while fishing at the river?
(a) His birth.
(b) The day he met her mother.
(c) The flood.
(d) His father's death.

5. When Teresa and Lame Bull leave the house together, where do they go?
(a) To Malta.
(b) To Durham.
(c) To Havre.
(d) To Chinook.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal is killed in the story that the narrator reads while sitting with his grandmother?

2. What is the weather like on the day the narrator and his brother go out to the range?

3. What does Lame Bull grow on his land?

4. How much younger than Teresa is Lame Bull?

5. Where do the narrator and his family get their water?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator dislike about the relationship between the priest and his mother?

2. While herding cattle, what do Mose and the narrator decide to do that foreshadows a negative event?

3. How does Lame Bull treat the narrator and how does it affect him?

4. What is Yellow Calf, the old man, like?

5. While he is in town, where does the narrator spend most of his time and how does this contribute to his trouble?

6. Other than his family members, how does the narrator interact with women?

7. In Chapter 25, what are Mose and the narrator doing out on the range?

8. Why does the narrator agree to help the white traveling man?

9. When the narrator finally speaks with his girlfriend, how does the conversation go?

10. While sitting at home alone with the old woman in Chapter Five, how does the narrator relate to his grandmother?

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