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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Malta, what does the narrator do with the keys to the car after he spots the white traveler talking to someone?
(a) He gives them to his girlfriend.
(b) He throws them in the gutter.
(c) He throws them in the trash.
(d) He gives them back to the white traveler.

2. Before the narrator heads for Malta, what memories are brought back by the bar in Dodson?
(a) Memories of his father.
(b) Memories of school encounters.
(c) Memories of drunken beatings.
(d) Memories of visits from the white men.

3. What do the local people think caused the river to turn milky white?
(a) The sugar beet factory.
(b) Contamination from a mine.
(c) The Chinook flood.
(d) A streak of bad luck.

4. What kind of dwelling did Lame Bull live in before?
(a) A mud hut.
(b) A trailer house.
(c) A cave.
(d) A cabin.

5. In Chapter 11, in what sport does Lame Bull's friend say that Long Knife was a champion?
(a) Bull-riding.
(b) Saddle bronc riding.
(c) Running.
(d) Demolition Derby.

6. While in Havre, who does the white traveler plan to send his "sentimental gift" to?
(a) A prostitute in the hotel.
(b) His ex-wife.
(c) His girlfriend.
(d) His daughter.

7. After talking to his girlfriend and being beaten in the Havre bar, what does the narrator wake up to find he is missing?
(a) His money.
(b) His shoes.
(c) A tooth.
(d) His car keys.

8. What is the name of the narrator's horse?
(a) Mo.
(b) Old Bird.
(c) Anaheim.
(d) Evenstar.

9. On the drive to Harlem, what memory do the narrator and his mother discuss?
(a) Fishing.
(b) A childhood fight.
(c) A lightning storm.
(d) A duck.

10. Where does the white traveler go to meet the narrator after their conversation in the Havre cafe?
(a) Minough's bar.
(b) The Legion Club.
(c) The Hotel bar.
(d) Another cafe.

11. After the encounter with Long Knife, where does the narrator hear that his girlfriend has gone?
(a) To Durham.
(b) To Havre.
(c) To Chinook.
(d) To Malta.

12. In the cafe in Havre, what happens after the white traveler leaves?
(a) A police officer walks in.
(b) An old man dies.
(c) The waitress wants her money.
(d) The narrator throws up.

13. When the narrator arrives in Malta to find his girlfriend, where does he go first?
(a) Dougie's bar.
(b) Railroad bar.
(c) Minough's bar.
(d) King's bar.

14. In Chapter 13, before going to Malta, what does the narrator do for his mother?
(a) He cleans out the stable.
(b) He checks the oil on the car.
(c) He buys her a beer.
(d) He checks the mail.

15. What does Lame Bull start wearing as the new proprietor of a large ranch?
(a) A bolo tie.
(b) A big hat.
(c) A large belt buckle.
(d) A constant grin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tribe is the narrator's girlfriend from?

2. While out on the range, what food do the narrator and his brother have with them?

3. How does the family celebrate the marriage of Lame Bull and Teresa?

4. What animal was killed because it attacked the narrator as a child?

5. In Malta, who talks to the narrator as soon as he steps out the door of the hotel?

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