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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 do Grey and Set marry?
2. What has Billy the Kid come to learn about from Sitting Bear?
3. What increases the bond between Set and Grey?
4. What tracks did those who came later to the plains find?
5. How long does Worcester Meat think he will live?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is the boy that Set sees and hears in the garden of his old house?
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. Why is it important to Dr. Terriman and Lola Bourne that Set dances?
5. Why does Set enter his old house with dread?
6. What is the Kaitsenko Society?
7. Why does Dr. Merriman's knowledge of folklore, witchcraft, and medical mythology fail to impress Set?
8. What is the vision that Set hopes to see?
9. How does Grey feel about herself during her pregnancy?
10. What characteristic does Grey say is shared by her mother and her sister and her niece?
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
In her childhood, Grey sees a Kiowa doll that she feels represents an important part of herself. Later, she sees a Navajo doll that seems to represent another aspect of herself. What does the Kiowa doll represent to Grey? What does the Navajo doll represent? Compare and contrast the different aspects of Kiowa and Navajo culture in Grey's life.
Essay Topic 3
Masks are an important theme in this story. Where/how are masks seen in this book? Are masks symbolic in this story? What do they represent? Use quotations and examples from the story to support your idea about masks in this book.
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