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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the Indian questions Sam and offers Calliope to him, what does the Indian do?
(a) Trips Calliope.
(b) Punctures Sam's tire.
(c) Throws a knife into Calliope's tire.
(d) Pushes Sam into Calliope.

2. What do Sam and Calliope do with Grubb when Yiffer and Nina leave the apartment?
(a) Play hide and seek.
(b) Read to him.
(c) Change his diapers.
(d) Feed him dinner.

3. Who does Spagnola tell Sam he saw jumping off Sam's deck?
(a) An Indian.
(b) A coyote.
(c) Calliope.
(d) Cable.

4. Where are Kiro Yashamoto and his family going when they find Pokey ill?
(a) To a teepee village.
(b) To church.
(c) To the grocer store.
(d) To an ancient Indian medicine wheel.

5. What mode of transportation does Sam take as he leaves Crow Country?
(a) Plane.
(b) Bus.
(c) Car.
(d) Train.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the young Indian turn into after Sam knocks him out?

2. Before Sam participates in his first sweat, what does Pokey pray to the Great Spirit for?

3. Who was Sam's first mentor?

4. What does Sam decide to do when he can't find the Spirit World in 1967?

5. What does Coyote give Pokey when he realizes Pokey is close to death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Sam able to ask Aaron for so high a price to buy him out of his shares of the partnership?

2. What event causes Sam to flee from Crow Country to Santa Barbara?

3. Why does Sam have a hard time following Calliope's conversation?

4. Why does Sam say he will not see Old Man Coyote when Harlan asks what Sam will do if he sees him during his sweat?

5. Why does Spagnola tell Sam he'll help Sam keep his home?

6. Why is Mr. Cable so resistant to accepting the multi-million dollar policy Sam wants to write for him?

7. In 1967, Pokey drives Sam to the fasting place. What does Pokey hope Sam will accomplish by fasting?

8. Why does Aaron offer Sam a partnership in his agency?

9. Why is Calliope wondering about the past lives of lizards while she waits for Sam to pick her up from work?

10. Why does Coyote steal a card from Sam's Rolodex?

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