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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. When the narrator arrives in Malta to find his girlfriend, where does he go first?
(a) Railroad bar.
(b) Dougie's bar.
(c) King's bar.
(d) Minough's bar.

2. While out on the range, what food do the narrator and his brother have with them?
(a) Apples.
(b) Sandwiches.
(c) Fry bread.
(d) Candy bars.

3. How much money does the narrator give to the woman who talks to him after he has been beaten in Havre?
(a) Twenty dollars.
(b) Two dollars.
(c) Ten dollars.
(d) Five dollars.

4. How does the family celebrate the marriage of Lame Bull and Teresa?
(a) With dancing.
(b) By drinking at home.
(c) By throwing a party.
(d) By driving through the streets.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 11, how does Lame Bull react after his encounter with Long Knife?

3. In Chapter 11, in what sport does Lame Bull's friend say that Long Knife was a champion?

4. How do the ducks that First Raise wins at the fair end up dying?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. After being beaten by Dougie, why doesn't the narrator retaliate?

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. What are the narrator's memories of his brother usually like?

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

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

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

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

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