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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. What change comes over Grey at her mother's house?
(a) She becomes lazy and childlike.
(b) She feels less sure of herself.
(c) She becomes restless and wild.
(d) She changes from a girl to a woman.

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

5. What does Set feel as he picks up the bear's paw?
(a) An urgent restlessness.
(b) A calm serenity.
(c) A secure strength.
(d) A wild curiosity.

6. What was the last dream of Koi-ehm-toya's great-great-grandson?
(a) The beautiful horse, Dog.
(b) The bear scratching at Tsoai.
(c) The children moving into the woods.
(d) The stars forming the Big Dipper.

7. What does Alais Sancerre notice about Set's body after they have slept together?
(a) He has hair everywhere on his body.
(b) He is pale and sickly looking.
(c) He is muscular and strong.
(d) He is tense and tight-muscled.

8. What did the old man say the child must be if not a bear?
(a) A wolf.
(b) A badger.
(c) A coyote.
(d) A dog.

9. How did the Kiowa learn of the Piegan story?
(a) A Kiowa hunter married a Piegan woman who told the story.
(b) They captured a Piegan woman who told it.
(c) They made friends with some Piegan who told it.
(d) They traded stories with Piegan traders.

10. What did Koi-ehm-toya's great-great-grandson put on his shields?
(a) Tsoai.
(b) Ancient designs.
(c) Powerful medicines.
(d) Planes and lines.

11. Who killed Billy the Kid?
(a) A Texas ranger.
(b) A rancher named Wilcox.
(c) Pat Garrett.
(d) Charlie Bowdre.

12. What does Billy the Kid do to prepare for his conversation with Sitting Bear?
(a) Memorizes a speech.
(b) Buys a speech.
(c) Invents a speech.
(d) Writes a speech.

13. What does Lola Bourne think Set is doing?
(a) Annihilating himself.
(b) Forgetting himself.
(c) Enjoying himself.
(d) Reconstructing himself.

14. When Set returns to his adoptive father Bent's house, who does he see at first in his mind's eye?
(a) Himself as a boy.
(b) Senora Archuleta.
(c) Lukie.
(d) Bent.

15. What does Grey see just as Set is arriving at the Mottledmare's home?
(a) A vision of her future with Set.
(b) A vision of Set's breakdown.
(c) A vision of Billy the Kid.
(d) A vision of the plains people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Set thinks best describes Grey's personality?

2. What has Billy the Kid come to learn about from Sitting Bear?

3. Why does Billy the Kid feel unable to talk to Sitting Bear?

4. What does Grey do to prepare for her life with Set?

5. What do Grey and Set see in the masks of the dancers?

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