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

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

3. What does the woman who helps the narrator outside the bar in Havre look like?
(a) She is slight and blond.
(b) She has a scarred face.
(c) She is overweight with blackened teeth.
(d) She is young but plain.

4. While in Malta, why does the narrator decide he doesn't like the priest who drinks with his mother?
(a) He won't go on the reservation.
(b) He's catholic.
(c) He argues with the narrator every time he sees him.
(d) He's cheap.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Malta, what subject does the narrator argue with the other hotel bar patrons about?

2. While in Havre, who does the narrator see the white traveler talking to?

3. How does Standing Bear, the husband of the grandmother, die?

4. In the cafe in Havre, what happens after the white traveler leaves?

5. What kind of dwelling did Lame Bull live in before?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. While herding cattle, what do Mose and the narrator discuss?

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

8. At the beginning of the book, how does the grandmother feel about the girl the narrator has brought home, and why?

9. After Lame Bull becomes a proprietor, what characteristic does he adopt and what effect does it have?

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

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