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

3. After the old woman became a widow, what does the text say Yellow Calf did for her?
(a) Built a teepee.
(b) Kept others away.
(c) Made fires.
(d) Hunted.

4. After his grandmother's death, what does the narrator finally remember?
(a) His brother's death.
(b) Why he loves his girlfriend.
(c) His love for his mother.
(d) His father.

5. Where does the family decide to bury the narrator's grandmother?
(a) In the cemetery in town.
(b) On their own land.
(c) On a designated burial ground.
(d) Beside her first home.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people does the narrator say are at his grandmother's funeral?

2. After going to the Palace Bar in Havre to meet the traveling white man, what does the narrator see out the window?

3. After the old woman dies, what preoccupies Ferdinand Horn during his conversation with the narrator?

4. While Mose and the narrator are herding cattle, what time of day is it when they reach the gate?

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. What complicates the narrator's attempt to save the cow at the end of the book?

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

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

4. 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?

5. How is the narrator treated by the people who give him a ride home from Havre, and how is that typical of his experiences with outsiders?

6. 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?

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

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

10. While the narrator is riding home from Havre, what does he notice about the little girl in the car and how is that significant?

(see the answer keys)

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