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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. How did the people feel when they saw the stars after the others disappeared?

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

3. Who tells Grey that the bear is coming?

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

5. How old is Dog?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do masks represent to Grey as she makes them?

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

4. Why does Billy the Kid visit Grey while she tends the dying Kope'mah?

5. What does Set think is the most wonderful of God's creations?

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

7. Why is it that Grey never has to quest after visions?

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The horse Dog has significance in this story. Why is he important? What do we learn about Grey from Dog's response to her and from her dealings with him?

Essay Topic 2

Consider this story from another character's point of view. Briefly write a narrative including the main facts in this story from the point of view of Jason, Dr. Merriman, or Lola Bourne.

Essay Topic 3

How does the girl Grey view the power of her sexuality? How does the woman Grey change? In your essay, analyze Grey's changing attitude toward sex.

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