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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 Mose and the narrator are herding cattle, what goes wrong?

2. What is the first name of the narrator's father?

3. While pulling the cow out of the mud, what does the narrator realize about his feelings toward Lame Bull?

4. After rescuing the cow, what does the narrator realize about his male relatives as he lays on the ground?

5. After sleeping with Marlene, what does the narrator decide to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What complicates the narrator's attempt to save the cow at the end of the book?

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

3. After the narrator digs his grandmother's grave, what does he begin to think about, and what effect do his thoughts have on him?

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

5. What kind of a relationship do the old woman and Yellow Calf have throughout the years before Teresa's birth?

6. Why does the narrator treat Marlene badly?

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

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

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

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

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

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

What is significant about the narrator's realization that Yellow Calf is his grandfather? How does this affect him and his story? How does this fit in with the overall theme of the story?

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