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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. After sleeping with Marlene, what does the narrator find is wrong with his face?
(a) It is an Indian face.
(b) Too many people know what he looks like.
(c) It is not the face of his father.
(d) His nose is swollen.

2. After his horse falls, what does the narrator wonder about his brother and father?
(a) If they feared death.
(b) If they are cold.
(c) If they are comfortable.
(d) If he is about to join them.

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

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

5. After the old woman dies, what preoccupies Ferdinand Horn during his conversation with the narrator?
(a) The narrator's appearance.
(b) HIs new rings.
(c) The number of bales in the field.
(d) His wife's attitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. After his horse falls, what does the narrator see in the corner of his eye?

2. After his escapades in Havre, who does the narrator ride with on his way home?

3. After the white traveler is taken away from Havre, who does the narrator wish he could find?

4. As a child visiting Yellow Calf, what did the narrator and his escort take with them?

5. What does the narrator ultimately do to Marlene?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the narrator sees the white man arrested, how is he treated by the other bar patrons?

2. How is the narrator treated by the people who give him a ride home from Havre, and how is that typical of his experiences with outsiders?

3. When the narrator goes out to visit Yellow Calf the second time, how is his visit significant to the story?

4. How does Lame Bull react to the death of the grandmother?

5. When the narrator goes out to visit Yellow Calf the second time, what does he learn about his grandmother?

6. After the narrator spends several days in Havre, what does he finally want to do, and why?

7. In Chapter 42, while the narrator begins to lose consciousness after his horse slips, what does he realize?

8. After spending several days in Havre, how does the narrator go about returning home, and why?

9. When Ferdinand Horn offers his condolences, is he truly sorry?

10. In Chapter 36, before Mose dies, what is the mood of the story?

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