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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 does the narrator find in his father's toolbox that he takes fishing with him?
(a) A long string.
(b) A spoon.
(c) A pair of boots.
(d) A wrench.

2. While in Malta, what does the narrator do with the letter he picked up for his mother in Dodson?
(a) He loses it.
(b) He throws it away.
(c) He sends it back to the reservation with a friend.
(d) He tears it up.

3. How does First Raise die?
(a) Alcohol poisoning.
(b) He was crushed under a tractor.
(c) He froze to death.
(d) Car accident.

4. While he is in Havre, what kind of car does the narrator end up buying?
(a) A Falcon.
(b) A Chevy.
(c) A Buick.
(d) A Skylark.

5. After the narrator returns home from Malta, he goes to visit an old man. What is his name?
(a) Long Knife.
(b) White Bear.
(c) Warren.
(d) Yellow Calf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event does the narrator discuss with Lame Bull while fishing at the river?

2. In Chapter 10, what member of Long Knife's family contributes to his reputation as a good worker?

3. While out on the range, what does Mose tell the narrator he will do with the ammo he is going to buy?

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

5. How much money does the narrator give to the woman who talks to him after he has been beaten in Havre?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. What attitude do the narrator's people have toward the Cree people, and how is this shown?

5. 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?

6. After meeting the traveling white man for the second time, what does the narrator think about him?

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

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

9. When the narrator goes fishing in Chapter Three, what is significant about the color of the river?

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

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