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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 grandmother's death, what question does the narrator continually ask Yellow Calf?

2. After his escapades in Havre, who does the narrator ride with on his way home?

3. Outside the Palace Bar, who questions the narrator while he is standing in the crowd?

4. While herding cattle, where do the narrator and Mose decide to take them?

5. What kinds of questions do the family members ask the narrator while they give him a ride home from Havre?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. When Ferdinand Horn offers his condolences, is he truly sorry?

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

5. 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?

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

7. When the narrator nearly dies in Chapter 42, what does he suddenly understand about dying?

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. Why does the narrator treat Marlene badly?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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