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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 his night with Marlene, where does the narrator walk out to?
(a) To the old buffalo jump.
(b) Away from Havre.
(c) To another bar.
(d) Toward Chinook.

2. What does the narrator ultimately do to Marlene?
(a) He slaps her.
(b) He rolls her off the bed.
(c) He gives her his address.
(d) He ignores her.

3. After several hard days in Havre, what does the narrator wish would happen to him?
(a) That he would find his girlfriend.
(b) That he would be arrested and get it over with.
(c) That he would be erased.
(d) That he would find a fortune.

4. While traveling home from Havre, what do the parents of the little girl in the car say has caused her illness?
(a) She is upset.
(b) The water.
(c) She is making it up.
(d) The heat.

5. While laying on the ground after his horse falls, what does the narrator find is unexpected?
(a) The pain in his leg.
(b) The peace he feels.
(c) The numbness in his legs.
(d) His sorrow at the death of his horse.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. While the narrator is trying to rescue the cow, what other animal appears nearby to watch?

3. After returning home from Havre, what does the narrator notice is different about his home?

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

5. What kinds of questions do the family members ask the narrator while they give him a ride home from Havre?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator think about while struggling to rescue the cow at the end of the book?

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

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

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

5. At the very end of the book, what does the narrator determine to do and how is this different from the beginning of the book?

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

7. How does Lame Bull react to the death of the grandmother?

8. When the narrator returns home from Havre, how does he feel?

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

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

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