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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. What is the weather like on the day the narrator and his brother go out to the range?
(a) Sunny.
(b) Overcast, but warm.
(c) Just cloudy.
(d) Cold and windy.

2. What do the local people think caused the river to turn milky white?
(a) The sugar beet factory.
(b) A streak of bad luck.
(c) The Chinook flood.
(d) Contamination from a mine.

3. After talking to his girlfriend and being beaten in the Havre bar, what does the narrator wake up to find he is missing?
(a) His car keys.
(b) His money.
(c) His shoes.
(d) A tooth.

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

5. What is the name of the woman who gives the narrator a ride to Havre?
(a) Malvina.
(b) Agnes.
(c) Laura.
(d) Ella.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who most likely gave the narrator a black eye?

2. In Malta, what does the narrator do with the keys to the car after he spots the white traveler talking to someone?

3. What does the white traveler offer to do for the narrator if he will help him?

4. What is the name of the narrator's horse?

5. In Havre, who does the white traveler say is following him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Lame Bull and Teresa return from Malta in Chapter Six, what is different about them and how does this change the direction of the plot?

3. Does the white traveling man give the narrator a positive or a negative example of how white men treat Native Americans? Why?

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

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

6. In Chapter Fourteen, what impression does the girlfriend's brother give the narrator about her?

7. What are the narrator's memories of his brother usually like?

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

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

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

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