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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. While laying on the ground after his horse falls, what does the narrator find is unexpected?

2. Before his grandmother's funeral, what does the narrator decide to take on his visit to Yellow Calf?

3. After returning from Havre and bathing, where does the narrator go?

4. After returning home from Havre, what is the first question Lame Bull asks the narrator?

5. Who does the narrator address that he seems to compare to himself and the fate of his people?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the narrator treat Marlene badly?

3. In Chapter 42, while the narrator begins to lose consciousness after his horse slips, what does he realize?

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. 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. 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?

8. What does the narrator think about while struggling to rescue the cow at the end of the book?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

At the end of the book, the narrator attempts to rescue a cow and ends up nearly dying. How does this affect his outlook on life? Does that ordeal change him or does he remain unfeeling like he did at the beginning of the story?

Essay Topic 3

Is the narrator a sympathetic character? Why or why not?

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