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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. Why did the Piegan people decide not to believe in the child who disappeared?
(a) The child had not spoken a word of sense.
(b) The child faded away before their eyes.
(c) The child was an impossibility.
(d) The child turned into a bear before their eyes.

2. What do Grey and Set see in the masks of the dancers?
(a) Art.
(b) The future.
(c) The gods.
(d) Beauty.

3. Why did the old wanderers consider the plains the most sacred of sacred grounds?
(a) It was fertile land.
(b) It had no European settlers.
(c) It had no fences.
(d) It was the center of the world.

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

5. What had caused Set's breakdown, according to the hospital?
(a) Working too hard.
(b) Daydreaming.
(c) Extraordinary psychological pressure.
(d) Skipping meals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the ancient Native Americans call the plains?

2. What caused the Piegan people to continue to believe in the boy who turned into a bear?

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

4. What did Koi-ehm-toya's great-great-grandson put on his shields?

5. What does each man of the plains look at first upon waking?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Set feel as he opens the medicine bundle?

2. Why does Dr. Merriman's knowledge of folklore, witchcraft, and medical mythology fail to impress Set?

3. What is the Kaitsenko Society?

4. What is the setting where Set begins his vision quest?

5. In Chapter Twelve, Grey does something that has been important to her for the last time. What is it?

6. As Grey changes from a girl to a woman, how does Set's attitude toward her change?

7. What understanding about Set does Lola Bourne come to while he is hospitalized?

8. What does Set mean when he tells Lela that the bear stands against him, and that he is the bear?

9. How does Set's art change as his personality begins to disintegrate?

10. For what does Grey thank Lola Bourne?

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