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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 talking to the woman in the Harlem bar, where does the narrator find out she went to find work?
(a) Minneapolis.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Dodson.
(d) Chicago.

2. Where do the narrator and his family get their water?
(a) From a cistern.
(b) From the Milk River.
(c) They buy it bottled.
(d) From the tap.

3. While the narrator is out on the range with his brother, what animal do they let lead the herd?
(a) A pair of calves.
(b) A pair of heifers.
(c) An old spinster.
(d) A young bull.

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

5. In Malta, what subject does the narrator argue with the other hotel bar patrons about?
(a) Money.
(b) Politics.
(c) Women.
(d) Fishing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the bar in Malta, why does the narrator lie to the bartender about knowing Lame Bull?

3. When the narrator visits the old man, what problem of age does the old man have?

4. What weapon does the white traveler buy while the narrator is with him?

5. When the narrator arrives in Malta to find his girlfriend, where does he go first?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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