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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. What tracks did those who came later to the plains find?
2. What does Set find in his old bedroom?
3. What did the Kiowa call the rent they charged for use of Indian land?
4. What change comes to Grey in the summer?
5. Who helps Milo Mottledmare transport Worcester Meat?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the lines on the red earth represent?
2. Grey closes one calendar and opens another in Chapter Eleven of Book Two. What do these different calendars represent?
3. As Grey changes from a girl to a woman, how does Set's attitude toward her change?
4. In Chapter Twelve, Grey does something that has been important to her for the last time. What is it?
5. What characteristic does Grey say is shared by her mother and her sister and her niece?
6. How does Worcester Meat feel when he dies?
7. What is the Kaitsenko Society?
8. How does Set's art change as his personality begins to disintegrate?
9. What does Set feel as he opens the medicine bundle?
10. Why does each man of the Plains Indians look upon Tsoai first thing each morning?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the birth of Grey and Set's child. Include details from the story and try to make predictions based on the known details. For instance, if the child is a boy, what do you think they will name him, and why? If it is a girl, what do you think they will name her and why? What kind of education do you think they will want for their child? How do you think they will celebrate the birth? Where do you think they will live? Remember to have plausible justification for each of your story elements.
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