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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 did Set look for in the garden when he was a child?

2. What was the last dream of Koi-ehm-toya's great-great-grandson?

3. What was the vision that Set was looking for?

4. How long does Worcester Meat think he will live?

5. What brings Set the greatest happiness he has known?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In his old age, what is the last thing that the shield maker dreams? Why is this dream of his significant?

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

5. What is the vision that Set hopes to see?

6. How does Grey know that Set will act in the proper way?

7. What is the Kaitsenko Society?

8. Why were the Piegan people unable to believe in the child?

9. Grey closes one calendar and opens another in Chapter Eleven of Book Two. What do these different calendars represent?

10. What did every people who inhabited the great plains find there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Grey's dialogues with Billy the Kid seem very different from her conversations in real life. Using examples, compare and contrast the Grey of her outlaw fantasies with the real girl. What do these differences tell you about her?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the differences in communication styles between Native Americans as viewed in this story and members of the mainstream culture. Find examples in the story to demonstrate cultural differences in communication.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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