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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. While out on the range, what question does the narrator ask his brother about their father?
(a) If he will go hunting that year.
(b) If he has hit their mother.
(c) If he will be angry with them for staying outside.
(d) If he will take them fishing.

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

3. What does the white traveler offer to do for the narrator if he will help him?
(a) Help him find his girlfriend.
(b) Pay him.
(c) Give him a ride.
(d) Buy him a car.

4. While in Malta, what is the narrator constantly afraid of as he walks through town?
(a) Other Native Americans.
(b) Meeting his girlfriend's new man.
(c) Racist college students.
(d) The police.

5. While in the bar in Havre, what does the white traveler win?
(a) A pack of cards.
(b) Candy.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator give to his grandmother after Teresa and Lame Bull leave the house?

2. What tribe is the narrator's grandmother from originally?

3. Where does the narrator work when he goes outside the reservation?

4. How much younger than Teresa is Lame Bull?

5. What animal was killed because it attacked the narrator as a child?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Based on his reactions so far, does the narrator seem to be a compassionate person? Why or why not?

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

5. How does the narrator react to people who are not from the reservation?

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

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

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

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

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

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