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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 in Havre, who does the white traveler plan to send his "sentimental gift" to?
(a) His girlfriend.
(b) His daughter.
(c) A prostitute in the hotel.
(d) His ex-wife.

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

3. What weapon does the white traveler buy while the narrator is with him?
(a) A hunting knife.
(b) Brass knuckles.
(c) A colt pistol.
(d) A winchester rifle.

4. After being beaten in the Havre bar, who helps the narrator?
(a) A woman with children.
(b) A barmaid.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) The bartender.

5. What does Lame Bull start wearing as the new proprietor of a large ranch?
(a) A bolo tie.
(b) A constant grin.
(c) A big hat.
(d) A large belt buckle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the family celebrate the marriage of Lame Bull and Teresa?

2. After the narrator returns home from Malta, he goes to visit an old man. What is his name?

3. In Chapter 13, before going to Malta, what does the narrator do for his mother?

4. While out on the range, what food do the narrator and his brother have with them?

5. What is the name of the narrator's girlfriend?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. While the narrator is fishing with Lame Bull in Chapter Four, what do they argue about, and why?

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

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

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

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