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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the woman talks to the narrator outside the Havre bar, what does she offer to do for him?
(a) Find his girlfriend.
(b) Take him home.
(c) Buy him a drink.
(d) Give him a ride to another bar.

2. While in Malta, what is the narrator constantly afraid of as he walks through town?
(a) Racist college students.
(b) Meeting his girlfriend's new man.
(c) The police.
(d) Other Native Americans.

3. What event does the narrator discuss with Lame Bull while fishing at the river?
(a) The day he met her mother.
(b) The flood.
(c) His father's death.
(d) His birth.

4. While talking to the woman in the Harlem bar, where does the narrator find out she went to find work?
(a) Dodson.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Minneapolis.

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

6. How much younger than Teresa is Lame Bull?
(a) Four years.
(b) Eight years.
(c) Six years.
(d) Ten years.

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

8. Why does the narrator go to Havre?
(a) To find his girl.
(b) Because he is bored.
(c) To find a job.
(d) To pay a debt.

9. Who does the narrator see in front of the Silver Dollar bar?
(a) His mother.
(b) His girlfriend.
(c) An old acquaintance.
(d) The man he robbed in Malta.

10. In Malta, what does Dougie convince the narrator to do?
(a) Help him rob a drunk.
(b) Break into a car.
(c) Give him some cash.
(d) Buy him a beer.

11. What does the woman who helps the narrator outside the bar in Havre look like?
(a) She is young but plain.
(b) She is overweight with blackened teeth.
(c) She has a scarred face.
(d) She is slight and blond.

12. While out on the range, what food do the narrator and his brother have with them?
(a) Fry bread.
(b) Candy bars.
(c) Apples.
(d) Sandwiches.

13. Who does the narrator's grandmother stay with after 25 years as a widow?
(a) A half-white drifter.
(b) A fed.
(c) A man on the tribal counsel.
(d) A rancher.

14. What is the name of the woman who gives the narrator a ride to Havre?
(a) Malvina.
(b) Laura.
(c) Ella.
(d) Agnes.

15. While in Malta, why does the narrator decide he doesn't like the priest who drinks with his mother?
(a) He's cheap.
(b) He argues with the narrator every time he sees him.
(c) He's catholic.
(d) He won't go on the reservation.

Short Answer Questions

1. After talking to his girlfriend and being beaten in the Havre bar, what does the narrator wake up to find he is missing?

2. What does the narrator's father dream about, but never does?

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

4. When the narrator arrives in Malta to find his girlfriend, where does he go first?

5. Where does the narrator work when he goes outside the reservation?

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