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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the white traveler go to meet the narrator after their conversation in the Havre cafe?

2. After the narrator returns home from Malta, he goes to visit an old man. What is his name?

3. When the narrator visits the old man, what problem of age does the old man have?

4. What does the narrator take with him when he travels to Malta to find his girlfriend?

5. While in Havre, who does the narrator see the white traveler talking to?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Other than his family members, how does the narrator interact with women?

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

5. In Chapter Fourteen, what impression does the girlfriend's brother give the narrator about her?

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

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

8. While he is in town, where does the narrator spend most of his time and how does this contribute to his trouble?

9. When the narrator finally speaks with his girlfriend, how does the conversation go?

10. What does the narrator dislike about the relationship between the priest and his mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Though First Raise is already dead when the story begins, what role does he play? How do his actions and example affect the narrator, both in life and in death?

Essay Topic 2

What is the narrator's opinion of the outside world? Recalling the encounters that the narrator has with the outside world, is his opinion warranted?

Essay Topic 3

What is significant about the narrator's realization that Yellow Calf is his grandfather? How does this affect him and his story? How does this fit in with the overall theme of the story?

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