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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. In Malta, what does the narrator do with the keys to the car after he spots the white traveler talking to someone?

2. What animal was killed because it attacked the narrator as a child?

3. While out on the range, what food do the narrator and his brother have with them?

4. How does First Raise die?

5. While in Havre, who does the narrator see the white traveler talking to?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of the book, how does the narrator feel about his life?

2. While he is in town, where does the narrator spend most of his time and how does this contribute to his trouble?

3. After meeting with his girlfriend and being beaten, why does the narrator agree to drink with another woman?

4. How does the narrator react to people who are not from the reservation?

5. In Chapter Eight, when the narrator argues with his mother about the turkey, what is significant about their differing memories?

6. Other than his family members, how does the narrator interact with women?

7. After meeting the traveling white man for the second time, what does the narrator think about him?

8. While sitting at home alone with the old woman in Chapter Five, how does the narrator relate to his grandmother?

9. While the narrator is fishing with Lame Bull in Chapter Four, what do they argue about, and why?

10. Why does the narrator agree to help the white traveling man?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the goal of the main character? Toward the end of the novel, does the narrator accomplish his goal? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

At the end of the book, the family dresses up and attends the funeral of the grandmother. What is ironic about the situation?

Essay Topic 3

During the story, the narrator is drunk, robbed, beaten, and nearly arrested. How much of the narrator's background contributes to his misfortune? How much is the result of his own choices?

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