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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author describe Kiowa life in the summertime?
(a) It was dirty and ignorant.
(b) It was frightening.
(c) It was idyllic.
(d) It was deprived.

2. How did Billy the Kid feel after shooting the two men?
(a) Exhausted.
(b) Exhilarated.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Bored.

3. Who does Grey want to imitate as a rider?
(a) Billy the Kid.
(b) Kope'mah.
(c) Bertha Yazzie.
(d) Jessie Mottledmare.

4. Who is Luke?
(a) A Kiowa boy.
(b) A child.
(c) A horse.
(d) A dog.

5. What word does Dwight Dicks use to mean "excellent?"
(a) Fair.
(b) Surely.
(c) Generous.
(d) Crackerjack.

6. Who is Cate?
(a) Another name for Kope'mah.
(b) Another name for Set.
(c) Catlin Setmaunt, Set's grandfather
(d) Catlin Setmaunt, Set's father.

7. What does Set dream of losing in the woods?
(a) The boy who turns into a bear.
(b) His dog Luki.
(c) His adoptive father, Bent.
(d) Himself.

8. What happened after the strange boy appeared and disappeared?
(a) Dogs disappeared from the camp.
(b) Girls disappeared from the camp.
(c) Bears came into the camp.
(d) The boy came back to the camp.

9. What caused the butterflies to swarm up from the grass?
(a) The flight of an eagle.
(b) Kope-mah's chanting.
(c) Grey running.
(d) Dog running.

10. How old was Set when his mother died?
(a) He was a newborn.
(b) He was seventeen.
(c) He was seven.
(d) He was twenty-seven.

11. How does Set begin his recovery from the brink of madness?
(a) He goes out for chowder.
(b) He answers the phone.
(c) He has an omelet at Joe's.
(d) He takes a shower.

12. How does Set feel as he comes to the Indian encampment?
(a) Restless.
(b) Bored.
(c) Excited.
(d) Frightened.

13. What is a hogleg?
(a) A trick.
(b) A gun.
(c) A knife.
(d) A sandwich.

14. Why was Jessie Mottledmare jealous of Grey?
(a) Because Grey was more beautiful.
(b) Because Grey had the honor of caring for Kope'mah.
(c) Because Kope'mah confided in Grey.
(d) Because Billy the Kid knew Grey.

15. What motivated Set to compromise his artistic vision?
(a) Money.
(b) Insecurity.
(c) Kindness.
(d) Praise and celebrity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the only member of the tribe to grieve the loss of the children who had disappeared?

2. What two cultures combine in Grey?

3. What do the Piegan feel when it is suggested to them that the strange boy was really a bear?

4. Where does Grey imagine she met Billy the Kid?

5. Why did the singing and dancing among the Kiowa end?

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