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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. Where does the narrator stay with Marlene?
(a) At her house.
(b) At a friend's abandoned trailer.
(c) At his hotel room.
(d) In the back of her car.

2. Upon Ferdinand Horn's second visit, what does the narrator tell him that surprises him?
(a) That Yellow Calf is still alive.
(b) That they have more than 12 acres.
(c) That their cattle have recently been branded.
(d) That Lame Bull is the same age as Teresa.

3. Throughout all the years that the grandmother and Yellow Calf were separated, how far did they live from one another?
(a) Two miles.
(b) One mile.
(c) Three miles.
(d) Six miles.

4. After returning home from Havre, what town's radio station does the narrator listen to while he is bathing?
(a) Billings.
(b) Havre.
(c) Harlem.
(d) Great Falls.

5. While hitching a ride home from Havre, what kind of plant does the family stop their car next to for the girl to run behind?
(a) A wild cherry tree.
(b) Scrub bushes.
(c) A stand of pines.
(d) A chokecherry bush.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years are between Yellow Calf and the old woman?

2. When the narrator finds the cow trapped in the mud, what is his first reaction?

3. After the old woman dies, what reason do Ferdinand Horn and his wife give for stopping at the house?

4. After his return from Havre, what does Lame Bull tell the narrator they must do the following day?

5. After returning home from Havre, the narrator decides to take a bath. What is the primary reason, besides cleaning up?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Lame Bull gives the eulogy for the old woman, what is it like?

2. After the narrator spends several days in Havre, what does he finally want to do, and why?

3. In Chapter 42, while the narrator begins to lose consciousness after his horse slips, what does he realize?

4. After the narrator digs his grandmother's grave, what does he begin to think about, and what effect do his thoughts have on him?

5. After the narrator's grandmother dies, what is the mood of her family?

6. When the narrator goes out to visit Yellow Calf the second time, what does he learn about his grandmother?

7. What kind of a relationship do the old woman and Yellow Calf have throughout the years before Teresa's birth?

8. While the narrator is digging his grandmother's grave, what does he remember about his father?

9. When the narrator walks out on the plains after his grandmother's death, what does he tell Old Bird?

10. After the narrator sleeps with Marlene, what is different about him?

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