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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay 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) Buy him a drink.
(b) Take him home.
(c) Give him a ride to another bar.
(d) Find his girlfriend.

2. What does the white traveler offer to do for the narrator if he will help him?
(a) Pay him.
(b) Give him a ride.
(c) Help him find his girlfriend.
(d) Buy him a car.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides the white traveler, who else does the narrator meet in the hotel bar in Malta?

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

3. In the hotel bar in Malta, the narrator meets a white man. Where is he from?

4. While talking to the woman in the Harlem bar, where does the narrator find out she went to find work?

5. What does the narrator call the shack on the hill near his home?

Short Essay Questions

1. While herding cattle, what do Mose and the narrator decide to do that foreshadows a negative event?

2. What is Yellow Calf, the old man, like?

3. Does the white traveling man give the narrator a positive or a negative example of how white men treat Native Americans? Why?

4. What attitude do the narrator's people have toward the Cree people, and how is this shown?

5. Why does the narrator think Lame Bull has married his mother, and how does he feel about it?

6. While the narrator is fishing with Lame Bull in Chapter Four, what do they argue about, and why?

7. Based on the information the author has given us up to Chapter Sixteen, how is the narrator's financial situation?

8. In Chapter 25, what are Mose and the narrator doing out on the range?

9. Based on his reactions so far, does the narrator seem to be a compassionate person? Why or why not?

10. At the beginning of the book, how does the grandmother feel about the girl the narrator has brought home, and why?

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