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

2. Who is the only fictitious character in Grey's vision of helping Billy the Kid escape from jail?
(a) Grey.
(b) Billy the Kid.
(c) J.W. Bell.
(d) Bob Olinger.

3. How does Grey react to the news that the bear is coming?
(a) She dreams she kills the bear.
(b) She dreams the bear carries her away.
(c) She dreams she sleeps with the bear.
(d) She dreams the bear kills her.

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

5. Who is Deluvina Maxwell?
(a) One of the seven sisters.
(b) Grey's mother.
(c) A friend of Kope'mah.
(d) A Navajo servant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What motivated Set to compromise his artistic vision?

2. What did Billy the Kid return as promised?

3. Why did Kope'mah feel little respect for her son Worcester?

4. What does Lola think about the little man in the painting she buys?

5. How does Set feel as he comes to the Indian encampment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Kope'mah experience loneliness as a medicine woman?

2. What feelings do the sisters experience as their brother turns into a bear?

3. How can you tell that Dog belongs to Grey?

4. Why does Murphy Dicks feel ashamed when he talks to Grey?

5. Set is taught in school that art is resistance. But he doesn't believe it. How does Set define art?

6. Who first let Grey know that the bear was coming into her life?

7. Why doesn't Paulita Maxwell weep?

8. Why was it better for the Piegan people to believe that the boy was a bear than that he was a boy?

9. How does Set define art as he struggles with his reflection in the mirror?

10. What does Grey want her grandmother to tell her about Set?

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