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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Lame Bull grow on his land?
2. While out on the range, what does Mose tell the narrator he will do with the ammo he is going to buy?
3. What does the narrator call the shack on the hill near his home?
4. Why does the narrator go to Havre?
5. While out on the range, what food do the narrator and his brother have with them?
Short Essay Questions
1. Based on the information the author has given us up to Chapter Sixteen, how is the narrator's financial situation?
2. How does Lame Bull treat the narrator and how does it affect him?
3. Why does the narrator think Lame Bull has married his mother, and how does he feel about it?
4. What is Yellow Calf, the old man, like?
5. After meeting with his girlfriend and being beaten, why does the narrator agree to drink with another woman?
6. While he is in town, where does the narrator spend most of his time and how does this contribute to his trouble?
7. When the narrator goes fishing in Chapter Three, what is significant about the color of the river?
8. While herding cattle, what do Mose and the narrator decide to do that foreshadows a negative event?
9. When the narrator finally speaks with his girlfriend, how does the conversation go?
10. In Chapter 25, what are Mose and the narrator doing out on the range?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Though First Raise is already dead when the story begins, what role does he play? How do his actions and example affect the narrator, both in life and in death?
Essay Topic 2
What is the narrator's opinion of the outside world? Recalling the encounters that the narrator has with the outside world, is his opinion warranted?
Essay Topic 3
Why does the narrator have to defend the memory of his father to Lame Bull? How does their first interaction affect their relationship for the remainder of the story?
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