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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. How many years are between Yellow Calf and the old woman?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Three.
2. After the grandmother's death, what does Lame Bull bring home to commemorate her life?
(a) Wine.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) A new horse.
(d) A pipe.
3. After sleeping with Marlene, what emotion does her appearance elicit in the narrator?
(a) He doesn't feel any emotion.
(b) Anger.
(c) Pity.
(d) Disgust.
4. In the family graveyard, what material does the family use for grave markers?
(a) Plastic.
(b) Metal.
(c) Styrofoam.
(d) Clay.
5. Where does the narrator stay with Marlene?
(a) At her house.
(b) At his hotel room.
(c) In the back of her car.
(d) At a friend's abandoned trailer.
Short Answer Questions
1. After the old woman dies, what reason do Ferdinand Horn and his wife give for stopping at the house?
2. After the old woman dies, what does Ferdinand Horn's wife want to know?
3. After returning from Havre and bathing, who does the narrator find is still on the ranch with him?
4. After rescuing the cow, what does the narrator realize about his male relatives as he lays on the ground?
5. Where does the family decide to bury the narrator's grandmother?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 36, before Mose dies, what is the mood of the story?
2. When the narrator returns home from Havre, what does he think about while he is alone?
3. While the narrator is riding home from Havre, what does he notice about the little girl in the car and how is that significant?
4. What does the narrator think about while struggling to rescue the cow at the end of the book?
5. When the narrator nearly dies in Chapter 42, what does he suddenly understand about dying?
6. When the narrator returns home from Havre, how does he feel?
7. What kind of a relationship do the old woman and Yellow Calf have throughout the years before Teresa's birth?
8. When Ferdinand Horn offers his condolences, is he truly sorry?
9. When Lame Bull gives the eulogy for the old woman, what is it like?
10. In Chapter 42, while the narrator begins to lose consciousness after his horse slips, what does he realize?
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