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

2. When Ferdinand Horn visits for the second time, what does the narrator lie to him about?

3. After returning home from Havre, the narrator decides to take a bath. What is the primary reason, besides cleaning up?

4. After sleeping with Marlene, what about her makes it hard for the narrator to look at her?

5. After his horse falls, why doesn't the narrator want to move?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator treat Marlene badly?

2. 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?

3. In Chapter 36, before Mose dies, what is the mood of the story?

4. Based on the behavior of the white traveling man, what may have happened if the narrator had driven him over the border?

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. When the narrator walks out on the plains after his grandmother's death, what does he tell Old Bird?

10. After the narrator's grandmother dies, what is the mood of her family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is it about the city that makes the narrator ultimately want to leave? How is this significant to the plot?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

How does Teresa's memory and attitudes towards his father affect the narrator? Is her influence on him positive or negative? Why?

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