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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. How did the townspeople react to Billy's escape?
(a) They cheered.
(b) They didn't find out until much later.
(c) They hid.
(d) They chased him.

2. What differentiates Set from the man he sees in the mirror?
(a) The image in the glass seems older.
(b) Set's right eye is his left eye.
(c) The image in the glass will not move.
(d) The image in the glass is a portrait.

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

4. What promise had Grey made that preys on Set?
(a) She had something important to give him.
(b) She would tell him about his parents.
(c) She would teach him to ride.
(d) She would teach him Kiowa stories.

5. How old is Murphy Dicks?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Forty.
(d) Fifteen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What language does Grey grow up speaking?

3. What does Set think that Grey has more than beauty?

4. What does Set dream of losing in the woods?

5. When Grey was being raped, who does she imagine is making love to her?

Short Essay Questions

1. The bear comes forth in planes, Dog is seen by Grey as standing in a plane, and Set's mind is perceived in planes. What are planes in this context?

2. What is the purpose that Grey must serve in this chapter, although she is weary and hurt? What would she rather do?

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

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

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

6. How does Grey feel about her appearance?

7. Why did the parents of the lost children decide not to grieve for them?

8. What is the darkest power that Set has encountered? What would he have called this power if he had encountered it in another time and place?

9. What was Set's first real notion of the infinite?

10. What passion did Grey acquire from Perfecto Atole?

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