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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. While Mose and the narrator are herding cattle, what goes wrong?
2. While Mose and the narrator are herding cattle, what time of day is it when they reach the gate?
3. In Havre, what does the narrator do when the woman doesn't return with his money?
4. After going to the Palace Bar in Havre to meet the traveling white man, what does the narrator see out the window?
5. While herding cattle, where do the narrator and Mose decide to take them?
Short Essay Questions
1. When the narrator walks out on the plains after his grandmother's death, what does he tell Old Bird?
2. In Chapter 42, while the narrator begins to lose consciousness after his horse slips, what does he realize?
3. When the narrator sees the white man arrested, how is he treated by the other bar patrons?
4. While the narrator is riding home from Havre, what does he notice about the little girl in the car and how is that significant?
5. 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?
6. Why does First Raise take the narrator to visit Yellow Calf and why is that significant?
7. When the narrator goes out to visit Yellow Calf the second time, how is his visit significant to the story?
8. While the narrator is digging his grandmother's grave, what does he remember about his father?
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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Is the narrator a sympathetic character? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
During the story, the narrator is drunk, robbed, beaten, and nearly arrested. How much of the narrator's background contributes to his misfortune? How much is the result of his own choices?
Essay Topic 3
How does Teresa's memory and attitudes towards his father affect the narrator? Is her influence on him positive or negative? Why?
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