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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. While thinking about a day with his brother, the narrator remembers that his brother said they shouldn't leave their work until the next day. What is the reason?
(a) The priest was coming.
(b) They would be able to go fishing.
(c) Their father would beat them.
(d) A blizzard was coming.

3. How much is Long Knife paid for his work on Lame Bull's ranch?
(a) Two days room and board.
(b) Twenty dollars.
(c) Ten dollars.
(d) Fifty dollars.

4. What does the narrator dream about while staying in Malta?
(a) A boy on a horse.
(b) A chugging tractor.
(c) A bloody river.
(d) A crashing plane.

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

6. What animal was killed because it attacked the narrator as a child?
(a) A horse.
(b) A turkey.
(c) A dog.
(d) A mule.

7. When the narrator visits the old man, what problem of age does the old man have?
(a) He cannot walk.
(b) He has ulcers.
(c) He is diabetic.
(d) He is blind.

8. What does the narrator take with him when he travels to Malta to find his girlfriend?
(a) A paper sack with clothes.
(b) A knife.
(c) His wallet.
(d) A suitcase.

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

10. What tribe is the narrator's girlfriend from?
(a) Cree.
(b) Gros Ventre.
(c) Blackfeet.
(d) Cherokee.

11. After being beaten in the Havre bar, who helps the narrator?
(a) The bartender.
(b) A woman with children.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) A barmaid.

12. What is the name of the narrator's girlfriend?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Meredith.
(c) Ana.
(d) Julia.

13. In Malta, who talks to the narrator as soon as he steps out the door of the hotel?
(a) A man.
(b) A woman.
(c) A cop.
(d) A child.

14. In Havre, who does the white traveler say is following him?
(a) His daughter.
(b) The F.B.I.
(c) His ex-wife.
(d) The Mafia.

15. In Havre, the narrator meets the white traveling man again. Why does the white man leave so quickly?
(a) He cannot pay for his meal.
(b) He didn't want to see him.
(c) Someone else enters the cafe.
(d) The narrator offends him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. While in Havre, the narrator remembers a day with his brother. Where were he and his brother going?

3. While the narrator is out on the range with his brother, what animal do they let lead the herd?

4. What kind of dwelling did Lame Bull live in before?

5. After losing Dougie in Malta, the narrator walks through a movie theater. Who does he see on the screen?

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