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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. How many years did the old woman and Yellow Calf live near one another without living together?
(a) Thirty-five.
(b) Forty.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Twenty-five.

2. In Havre, what does the narrator do when the woman doesn't return with his money?
(a) He looks for her in the bar.
(b) He scratches her car.
(c) He pops her tire.
(d) He picks up his car keys.

3. After sleeping with Marlene, what emotion does her appearance elicit in the narrator?
(a) Anger.
(b) He doesn't feel any emotion.
(c) Pity.
(d) Disgust.

4. While Mose and the narrator are herding cattle, what time of day is it when they reach the gate?
(a) Morning.
(b) Dawn.
(c) Dusk.
(d) Afternoon.

5. Who first takes the narrator to see his grandfather?
(a) Mose.
(b) The old woman.
(c) First Raise.
(d) Teresa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last question the man in the car asks the narrator after giving him a ride home from Havre?

2. After his grandmother's death, what does the narrator finally remember?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Ferdinand Horn offers his condolences, is he truly sorry?

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

4. 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?

5. When the narrator returns home from Havre, what does he think about while he is alone?

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

7. Why does the narrator treat Marlene badly?

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

9. Why does First Raise take the narrator to visit Yellow Calf and why is that significant?

10. When the narrator sees the white man arrested, how is he treated by the other bar patrons?

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