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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. After the death of the narrator's grandmother, he finds out the priest will be sent away. Where is he going?

2. While Mose and the narrator are herding cattle, what time of day is it when they reach the gate?

3. After his grandmother's death, what does the narrator finally remember?

4. After the grandmother's death, what does Lame Bull bring home to commemorate her life?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the narrator treat Marlene badly?

3. After spending several days in Havre, how does the narrator go about returning home, and why?

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

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

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

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

8. While Mose and the narrator are herding cattle, what contributes to Mose's death?

9. After the narrator sleeps with Marlene, what is different about him?

10. After the old woman's death, the narrator walks out on the plains alone to think. What significant event occurs while he is out there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What differences can be pinpointed in the narrator before his brother's death, and after? Besides his age, what has changed in the behavior of the narrator since he was twelve-years-old?

Essay Topic 2

At the beginning of the novel, the narrator loses his electric razor and his rifle to a woman he claims to care nothing about. How is this symbolic?

Essay Topic 3

Why, in the entire novel, is the name of the narrator never revealed? How does this contribute to the overall theme of the book? What is a possible name for the narrator?

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