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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While laying on the ground after his horse falls, what does the narrator find is unexpected?
(a) The peace he feels.
(b) The pain in his leg.
(c) The numbness in his legs.
(d) His sorrow at the death of his horse.

2. After his horse falls, what does the narrator see in the corner of his eye?
(a) A bird.
(b) A flash of lightning.
(c) Old Bird getting up.
(d) His mother's truck.

3. What kinds of questions do the family members ask the narrator while they give him a ride home from Havre?
(a) They ask about good fishing holes.
(b) They ask for directions.
(c) They ask about his family.
(d) They ask about Indians.

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

5. After his escapades in Havre, who does the narrator ride with on his way home?
(a) A rancher and his family.
(b) A hutterite family.
(c) A businessman and his family.
(d) A professor and his family.

6. When the narrator goes to visit Yellow Calf for the second time, what has changed about him?
(a) He wears shoes.
(b) He has sunk into dementia.
(c) He has cut his hand.
(d) He is unhappy.

7. What does the narrator do after the white traveler is taken away?
(a) Goes back to the bar.
(b) Sits on the curb.
(c) Considers going home.
(d) Gets drunk.

8. After his return from Havre, what does Lame Bull tell the narrator they must do the following day?
(a) Dig a grave.
(b) Round up the cows.
(c) Go see the priest.
(d) Repair the fence.

9. What does the narrator do on his way to visit Yellow Calf, after his grandmother's death?
(a) He breaks the fence.
(b) He cries.
(c) He sits alone under a tree.
(d) He becomes lost.

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

11. After returning home from Havre, what does the narrator notice is different about his home?
(a) His grandmother is gone.
(b) The house has been painted.
(c) His horse is not in the corral.
(d) The truck is missing.

12. While hitching a ride home from Havre, what kind of plant does the family stop their car next to for the girl to run behind?
(a) A wild cherry tree.
(b) A chokecherry bush.
(c) Scrub bushes.
(d) A stand of pines.

13. When Ferdinand Horn visits for the second time, what does the narrator lie to him about?
(a) The number of bales on the property.
(b) Retrieving his gun.
(c) The location of his mother.
(d) The well-being of his horse.

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

15. What is notable about the narrator's last walk through Havre?
(a) There are no mirrors.
(b) The streets are crowded.
(c) He sees no other people.
(d) Everyone stares at him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What goes wrong at the grandmother's funeral?

2. While Mose and the narrator are herding cattle, what time of day is it when they reach the gate?

3. After sleeping with Marlene, what does the narrator find is wrong with his face?

4. After giving money to the woman in Havre, what does the narrator watch her children do as he waits?

5. After returning from Havre and bathing, where does the narrator go?

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