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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. After the grandmother's death, what does Yellow Calf reveal to the narrator?
(a) That he knew the narrator's grandmother.
(b) That he truly owned Lame Bull's land.
(c) That the grandmother owed him money.
(d) That the grandmother was not Blackfeet.

2. While herding cattle, where do the narrator and Mose decide to take them?
(a) Into another pasture.
(b) Across the highway.
(c) Away from the valley.
(d) To a neighboring ranch.

3. After returning from Havre and bathing, where does the narrator go?
(a) To the local bar.
(b) To the living room.
(c) To the corral.
(d) To the tree his brother loved.

4. After returning from Havre and bathing, who does the narrator find is still on the ranch with him?
(a) His dog.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His stepfather.
(d) The animals.

5. After his second conversation with Yellow Calf, what does the narrator realize about the old man?
(a) He is his grandfather.
(b) He is his uncle.
(c) He caused his brother's death.
(d) He isn't really blind.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ferdinand Horn visits for the second time, what does the narrator lie to him about?

2. What reason does Yellow Calf give for the grandmother being abandoned by her tribe?

3. What does the old woman wear to her own funeral?

4. What does the narrator do after the white traveler is taken away?

5. While speaking with Ferdinand Horn's wife for the second time, what does the narrator realize?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Ferdinand Horn and his wife come to offer condolences, why does the wife seem so interested in the narrator's girlfriend and how does the narrator react?

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

10. Why does the narrator treat Marlene badly?

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