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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. What reaction does White Man's Dog have to the battle as they ride away?
(a) He laughs and cheers with his companions.
(b) He sings his victory song.
(c) He cries.
(d) He vomits.

2. What new dream does White Man's Dog have in Chapter 9 that foretells of loss and change that will make the Lone Eaters feel as useless as Yellow Kidney?
(a) He dreams that So-at-sa-ki (Feather Woman) is banished to earth.
(b) He dreams that Fast Horse is killed by the Napikwans.
(c) He dreams that the wolverine loses his strength.
(d) He dreams that the Pikunis lose all their fingers.

3. What does Rides-at-the-door do while the Napikwan speak?
(a) Rides-at-the-door sings his power song softly.
(b) Rides-at-the-door paces around the fire.
(c) Rides-at-the-door does not listen.
(d) Rides-at-the-door does not let on that he understands the Napikwan language.

4. What does Fools Crow do with the injured rider that approached him at the beginning of Chapter 16?
(a) He takes him back to Owl Child, who is his friend.
(b) He takes him to his lodge to nurse him back to health.
(c) He takes him to his father, Boss Ribs, to be healed.
(d) He takes him to the medicine man and asks him for advice.

5. What does Rides-at-the-door think they should do about the Napikwans?
(a) He thinks they should pray and hold a cleansing ritual.
(b) He thinks they should join Fast Horse and Owl Child and fight the Napikwans.
(c) He thinks they should move the camp farther from the Napikwans.
(d) He thinks they should leave them alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does White Man's Dog daydream about that makes him feel shame?

2. What is the history of the relationship between the Pikunis and the Napikwans as told by Rides-at-the-door?

3. How does Yellow Kidney return to the Lone Eaters?

4. In Chapter 9, who said, "That's the way it is now. All the breathing things are gone--except for us. But hurry, brother, for I feel my strength slipping away."

5. Who does White Man's Dog want to take for his wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Fast Horse decide to go upon his recovery, and why?

2. What does Boss Ribs do to help his son, Fast Horse, recover from his gunshot wound that he hopes will persuade Fast Horse to stay with the Lone Eaters?

3. Why is Fast Horse attracted to Owl Child's band?

4. Who are the seizers and why have they come to talk with the Lone Eaters?

5. Why do White Man's Dog and Fast Horse plan to build a sweat lodge?

6. Why does White Man's Dog think that Yellow Kidney's disappearance and Fast Horse's dream may be related, and what does he do about it?

7. Describe Fast Horse as he in introduced in the first two chapters of this book.

8. Describe White Man's Dog as he was introduced in the first two chapters of this book.

9. What troubling dream does Eagle Ribs relate to the raiding party as they wait for Fast Horse and Yellow Kidney to catch up?

10. In Mik-api's dream, what will Raven give to White Man's Dog if he finds and releases the wolverine caught in the Napikwan trap?

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