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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. Who belonged to the dog soldier organization of the Kiowa tribe?

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

3. Why did the old wanderers consider the plains the most sacred of sacred grounds?

4. What kept Maman-ti from dismounting to take shelter from the storm?

5. The plains are a perfect equation of what two elements?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter Twelve, Grey does something that has been important to her for the last time. What is it?

4. Why did the native people move south into the great plains?

5. What is unusual about the death of Worcester Meat?

6. Why is it important to Dr. Terriman and Lola Bourne that Set dances?

7. How does Worcester Meat feel when he dies?

8. Why does each man of the Plains Indians look upon Tsoai first thing each morning?

9. What is the Kaitsenko Society?

10. How does Grey feel about herself during her pregnancy?

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

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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