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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, in what sport does Lame Bull's friend say that Long Knife was a champion?
(a) Running.
(b) Saddle bronc riding.
(c) Bull-riding.
(d) Demolition Derby.

2. In Chapter 10, what member of Long Knife's family contributes to his reputation as a good worker?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) His brother.

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

4. After losing Dougie in Malta, the narrator walks through a movie theater. Who does he see on the screen?
(a) Audrey Hepburn.
(b) Greta Garbo.
(c) Doris Day.
(d) Orson Welles.

5. When was the last time the narrator saw the old man?
(a) Six months ago.
(b) When he was a child.
(c) He has never seen him before.
(d) At his father's funeral.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the narrator visits the old man, what problem of age does the old man have?

3. When the woman talks to the narrator outside the Havre bar, what does she offer to do for him?

4. When the narrator arrives in Malta to find his girlfriend, where does he go first?

5. While talking to the woman in the Harlem bar, where does the narrator find out she went to find work?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Based on the information the author has given us up to Chapter Sixteen, how is the narrator's financial situation?

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

7. 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?

8. After meeting with his girlfriend and being beaten, why does the narrator agree to drink with another woman?

9. At the beginning of the book, how does the narrator feel about his life?

10. When the narrator left the reservation and went to Tacoma, why did he leave his job there and how does this fit into the narrator's backward feelings about his heritage?

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