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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While the narrator is trying to rescue the cow, what other animal appears nearby to watch?
(a) A pheasant.
(b) A magpie.
(c) A coyote.
(d) A cat.

2. After going to the Palace Bar in Havre to meet the traveling white man, what does the narrator see out the window?
(a) The men who beat him looking for him.
(b) The traveler being stuffed in a trunk.
(c) His girlfriend with another man.
(d) The traveler being arrested.

3. What is the first name of the narrator's father?
(a) Lucas.
(b) John.
(c) Robert.
(d) Jack.

4. After several hard days in Havre, what does the narrator wish would happen to him?
(a) That he would be erased.
(b) That he would find a fortune.
(c) That he would be arrested and get it over with.
(d) That he would find his girlfriend.

5. After the old woman became a widow, what does the text say Yellow Calf did for her?
(a) Kept others away.
(b) Made fires.
(c) Built a teepee.
(d) Hunted.

6. Throughout all the years that the grandmother and Yellow Calf were separated, how far did they live from one another?
(a) One mile.
(b) Two miles.
(c) Three miles.
(d) Six miles.

7. What tool does the narrator use to try and pull her out?
(a) The tractor.
(b) A rope.
(c) The truck.
(d) His hands alone.

8. After the grandmother's death, what does Lame Bull bring home to commemorate her life?
(a) Wine.
(b) A new horse.
(c) A pipe.
(d) Whiskey.

9. Who first takes the narrator to see his grandfather?
(a) Mose.
(b) First Raise.
(c) The old woman.
(d) Teresa.

10. While speaking with Ferdinand Horn's wife for the second time, what does the narrator realize?
(a) Mrs. Horn is a relative.
(b) He misses his girlfriend.
(c) He is about to be sick.
(d) He has left the horse out on the pasture.

11. After his grandmother's death, what does the narrator finally remember?
(a) Why he loves his girlfriend.
(b) His father.
(c) His brother's death.
(d) His love for his mother.

12. When the grandmother dies, why can't the family bury her immediately?
(a) Because the coroner went fishing.
(b) Because it is customary to wait.
(c) Because the grave has filled with water.
(d) Because Teresa has to raise some money.

13. After sleeping with Marlene, what does the narrator decide to do?
(a) Check on her children.
(b) Find his girlfriend once and for all.
(c) Leave Havre.
(d) Rob a drunk.

14. In the family graveyard, what material does the family use for grave markers?
(a) Plastic.
(b) Styrofoam.
(c) Metal.
(d) Clay.

15. After sleeping with Marlene, what about her makes it hard for the narrator to look at her?
(a) Her tears.
(b) Her facial expression.
(c) Her eyes.
(d) Her weight.

Short Answer Questions

1. After sleeping with Marlene, what emotion does her appearance elicit in the narrator?

2. After his night with Marlene, where does the narrator walk out to?

3. After returning home from Havre, what is the first question Lame Bull asks the narrator?

4. After his horse falls, why doesn't the narrator want to move?

5. After the old woman dies, what preoccupies Ferdinand Horn during his conversation with the narrator?

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