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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. What was Dwight Dicks' name for Dog?

2. Who raped Grey?

3. What two cultures combine in Grey?

4. Why does Set hesitate to answer the telephone?

5. Why was the Piegan camp troubled when the unknown boy came to their camp, then disappeared?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the darkest power that Set has encountered? What would he have called this power if he had encountered it in another time and place?

2. How can you tell that Dog belongs to Grey?

3. What does Set think is the most wonderful of God's creations?

4. What feelings do the sisters experience as their brother turns into a bear?

5. Why was it better for the Piegan people to believe that the boy was a bear than that he was a boy?

6. At the Mottledmares', Set has a dream that he is deprived of a power that seems to him important. What does he dream he cannot do?

7. How does Set define art as he struggles with his reflection in the mirror?

8. Who first let Grey know that the bear was coming into her life?

9. Set is taught in school that art is resistance. But he doesn't believe it. How does Set define art?

10. How does Grey feel about her appearance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the birth of Grey and Set's child. Include details from the story and try to make predictions based on the known details. For instance, if the child is a boy, what do you think they will name him, and why? If it is a girl, what do you think they will name her and why? What kind of education do you think they will want for their child? How do you think they will celebrate the birth? Where do you think they will live? Remember to have plausible justification for each of your story elements.

Essay Topic 2

Myths and legends are told through the generations for teaching purposes. The fact that this story ends with Set and Grey's great-great-grandson indicates that their story is part of that march of time. Briefly rewrite the story of Set as a Native American legend.

Essay Topic 3

Centaurs are mentioned in this story by Alais Sancerre and by Lola Bourne. Reread the passages about Set's art work using centaurs. What do you think they represent in this story? Support your idea with quotations and examples from the story.

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