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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do members of the Navajo tribe call themselves?
(a) Dine.
(b) Cherokee.
(c) Apache.
(d) Wanderers.

2. What is Dr. Terriman's evaluation of Set's condition?
(a) He is dangerously self-centered.
(b) He is temporarily addled.
(c) He is curable.
(d) He will recover quickly.

3. How does the sight of the monolith, Tsoai, affect Set when he sees it?
(a) It is ominous.
(b) It is comforting.
(c) It is miraculous.
(d) It is beautiful.

4. Why couldn't the plains have an ordinary place name?
(a) They were too flat.
(b) They were too boring.
(c) They were too frightening.
(d) They were too vast.

5. What quality did the Kiowas have that the Navajo did not approve?
(a) Arrogance.
(b) Dishonesty.
(c) Thievery.
(d) Daring.

6. What happens to Set after Bent dies?
(a) He becomes stronger.
(b) He becomes freer, more sociable.
(c) His painting becomes more controlled.
(d) He has a breakdown.

7. What does the boy leave behind him?
(a) The sound of his crying.
(b) No sound at all.
(c) The sound of his running.
(d) The sound of his laughter.

8. Why does Billy the Kid feel unable to talk to Sitting Bear?
(a) Billy the Kid has few words.
(b) Billy the Kid has commited great crimes.
(c) Billy the Kid is not honest.
(d) Billy the Kid is ashamed of his life.

9. Why does Grey think she is beautiful?
(a) Because she is strong and restless.
(b) Because she is Native American.
(c) Because she is healthy and young.
(d) Because she is tall and slim.

10. What does Billy the Kid bring to Sitting Bear?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Liquor.
(c) Guns.
(d) Blankets.

11. What does Lela say has made Set sick?
(a) The bear stands against him.
(b) His life as an orphan stands against him.
(c) His Kiowa blood stands against him.
(d) His modern upbringing stands against him.

12. What did the Kiowa call the rent they charged for use of Indian land?
(a) Seed money.
(b) Grass money.
(c) Harvest money.
(d) Field money.

13. Who is Koi-ehm-toya?
(a) Bent.
(b) Set.
(c) Kope'mah.
(d) Grey.

14. What does the Navajo part of Grey long for?
(a) She wants to plant seeds and tend flocks.
(b) She wants to be a warrior.
(c) She wants to ride a fast horse.
(d) She wants to travel.

15. What does Dr. Terriman discuss with Set?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Set's art.
(c) Native American folk music.
(d) Bears.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Set's chart say that he is capable of violence?

2. What had caused Set's breakdown, according to the hospital?

3. What extraordinary sense did Set acquire as he became a bear?

4. What tracks did those who came later to the plains find?

5. How do Grey and Set marry?

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