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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. What reason does Yellow Calf give for the grandmother being abandoned by her tribe?
(a) Her attitude.
(b) She was bad luck.
(c) Her lowly position.
(d) She was beautifuul.

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

3. After his horse falls, what does the narrator wonder about his brother and father?
(a) If he is about to join them.
(b) If they feared death.
(c) If they are cold.
(d) If they are comfortable.

4. After returning home from Havre, what does the narrator notice is different about his home?
(a) The truck is missing.
(b) The house has been painted.
(c) His grandmother is gone.
(d) His horse is not in the corral.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After sleeping with Marlene, what does the narrator find is wrong with his face?

2. In the family graveyard, what material does the family use for grave markers?

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

4. What tool does the narrator use to try and pull her out?

5. After returning home from Havre, what town's radio station does the narrator listen to while he is bathing?

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 sees the white man arrested, how is he treated by the other bar patrons?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does the narrator treat Marlene badly?

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