2. Why does Mik-api feel his recurrent dream is incomplete?
(a) He keeps waking up before the dream has ended.
(b) Raven has told him to expect a new revelation, but he hasn't dreamed it yet.
(c) His dream has to do with Yellow Kidney, yet Yellow Kidney is not in the dream.
(d) He just has a feeling there should be more to the dream.

3. Who visits the Lone Eaters' camp in Chapters 25-26?
(a) A delegate of the Napikwan seizers.
(b) Yellow Kidney.
(c) Pretty-on-top and a Napikwan healer.
(d) Owl Child and Fast Horse.

4. Where does the white man leading pack horses plan to shelter for the night?
(a) At the white man's fort.
(b) In a grove of trees near Yellow Kidney's shelter.
(c) In the same place as Yellow Kidney.
(d) At a ranch house owned by a friend of his.

5. In Chapter 31, what does Fools Crow see the older woman in the doe skin doing?
(a) She is singing as she paints a design on a yellow skin.
(b) She is singing with a bag of turnips from her garden.
(c) She is cooking food.
(d) She is digging turnips with her digging stick and putting them in a sack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fools Crow find when he rides to the ranch house?

2. What has happened to Red Paint's youngest brother, One Spot, in Chapter 23?

3. What are "whiskey runners"?

4. What news do the visitors bring to the Lone Eaters' camp?

5. What does Fast Horse trust his dream helper to do for his horse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after killing the whiskey runners that shows that Fast Horse may be changing and becoming concerned for his people after all?

2. Describe the thoughts and feelings of Yellow Kidney before, during and after he decides to leave the Lone Eater camp.

3. What is strange and incomplete about the dream Mik-api has for three nights that confuses him?

4. Why doesn't Fast Horse return to the Lone Eaters himself?

5. What do the Pikunis ask of the seizers when told of the spread of small pox, and what do the seizers reply?

6. How does the author introduce hope into the devastation that has forced the Lone Eaters to begin the journey toward the Sand Hills that gives this book its bitter-sweet ending?

7. Describe who the man is that Fast Horse wants to kill.

8. What happens when Owl Child spots whiskey runners?

9. What are the three demands the seizers make of the Pikunis when they meet with General Sully?

10. Describe what Fools Crow sees or does not see in the water of the place he is lead to in his dream.

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