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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. Outside the Palace Bar, who questions the narrator while he is standing in the crowd?
(a) The bartender.
(b) A newspaperman.
(c) A policeman.
(d) An old friend of First Raise's.

2. How old is Mose when he dies?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Eighteen.

3. What kinds of questions do the family members ask the narrator while they give him a ride home from Havre?
(a) They ask about good fishing holes.
(b) They ask about Indians.
(c) They ask about his family.
(d) They ask for directions.

4. After sleeping with Marlene, what about her makes it hard for the narrator to look at her?
(a) Her tears.
(b) Her eyes.
(c) Her facial expression.
(d) Her weight.

5. How does Teresa react to the death of her mother?
(a) She begins working too hard.
(b) She becomes angry.
(c) She disappears into her bedroom.
(d) She becomes drunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When the narrator goes to visit Yellow Calf for the second time, what has changed about him?

3. In Havre, what does the narrator do when the woman doesn't return with his money?

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

5. After digging his grandmother's grave, what does the coming storm make the narrator ponder?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the old woman's death, the narrator walks out on the plains alone to think. What significant event occurs while he is out there?

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

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

4. While Mose and the narrator are herding cattle, what contributes to Mose's death?

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

6. When the narrator nearly dies in Chapter 42, what does he suddenly understand about dying?

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

8. When the narrator goes out to visit Yellow Calf the second time, how is his visit significant to the story?

9. After spending several days in Havre, how does the narrator go about returning home, and why?

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

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