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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why is Set so startled when he meets Grey at the encampment?
2. What word does Dwight Dicks use to mean "excellent?"
3. What surprised Kope'mah as a child when she watched buffalo with her father?
4. What motivated Set to compromise his artistic vision?
5. Who is Deluvina Maxwell?
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. Why does Billy the Kid visit Grey while she tends the dying Kope'mah?
3. What do masks represent to Grey as she makes them?
4. At the Mottledmares', Set has a dream that he is deprived of a power that seems to him important. What does he dream he cannot do?
5. Why does Murphy Dicks feel ashamed when he talks to Grey?
6. What does Koi-ehm-toya see as her responsibility to the children who wander into the woods?
7. Why doesn't Paulita Maxwell weep?
8. How does Set define art as he struggles with his reflection in the mirror?
9. Dwight Dicks and his son Murphy are discussing an event, and there is a menace among their words. What event are they discussing in Chapter Eighteen of Book One and why is there menace?
10. Who first let Grey know that the bear was coming into her life?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Myths and legends are told through the generations for teaching purposes. The fact that this story ends with Set and Grey's great-great-grandson indicates that their story is part of that march of time. Briefly rewrite the story of Set as a Native American legend.
Essay Topic 2
Centaurs are mentioned in this story by Alais Sancerre and by Lola Bourne. Reread the passages about Set's art work using centaurs. What do you think they represent in this story? Support your idea with quotations and examples from the story.
Essay Topic 3
Death is a theme in this story. Describe the various ways in which death comes to characters in the story, noting especially the conversation about dying properly between Set-Angya and Billy the Kid. What is a "proper" death? Which characters die properly? Which do not?
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