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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. In Havre, the narrator meets the white traveling man again. Why does the white man leave so quickly?
(a) He didn't want to see him.
(b) The narrator offends him.
(c) He cannot pay for his meal.
(d) Someone else enters the cafe.

2. Where does the narrator work when he goes outside the reservation?
(a) Hermiston.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Bonneville.
(d) Tacoma.

3. What is the name of the woman the narrator meets outside the bar in Havre?
(a) Jessica.
(b) Adrienne.
(c) Ana.
(d) Marlene.

4. In Havre, who does the white traveler say is following him?
(a) His ex-wife.
(b) His daughter.
(c) The F.B.I.
(d) The Mafia.

5. How does First Raise die?
(a) He was crushed under a tractor.
(b) He froze to death.
(c) Car accident.
(d) Alcohol poisoning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the local people think caused the river to turn milky white?

2. After the encounter with Long Knife, where does the narrator hear that his girlfriend has gone?

3. While in Havre, the narrator remembers a day with his brother. Where were he and his brother going?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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