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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. What do Sam and Calliope hear as they are having sex in her apartment?
(a) A door slam downstairs.
(b) Loud music from the next apartment.
(c) Grubb crying.
(d) A coyote howling.

2. What is Lonnie's last name?
(a) Inman.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Clayman.
(d) Freeman.

3. What does Aaron say the Indian attacked Cable with?
(a) A tomahawk.
(b) A bow and arrow.
(c) His fists.
(d) A club.

4. In the chapter titled "Coyote Gets His Powers," who decides to rename the animal people?
(a) The Great Spirit.
(b) Coyote.
(c) The Crow Indians.
(d) Pokey.

5. What consolation prize does Coyote receive when he gets the last name left?
(a) The ability to hunt.
(b) The ability to swap his name with another animal.
(c) The ability to trick people.
(d) The ability to shape-shift.

Short Answer Questions

1. What place is Sam leaving when he sees a girl that overwhelms him with desire?

2. Adeline recently converts to which religion?

3. After Sam leaves the reservation, who refers him to a "coyote" for help?

4. Who do Calliope, Nina, and Yiffer hide from on the morning after Sam and Calliope's dinner date?

5. What does Sam mistakenly believe Aaron is angry about concerning his meeting with Cable and Cochran?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Adeline uncomfortable with Pokey's speaking of his medicine dream?

2. Why does Old Man Coyote send Pokey back to his body?

3. What is the bet Aaron Aaron makes with his companions concerning Sam?

4. Why does Tinker attack Spagnola?

5. What convinces Sam that Calliope is not part of Old Man Coyote's plan?

6. While they are having sex in her apartment, why does Calliope tell Sam to ignore the slamming door from downstairs?

7. 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?

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

9. According to Coyote's story, why do the Crow Indians use sweat lodges as part of their religious traditions?

10. What reason does Pokey give Sam when Sam asks him why he keeps the medicine bag Old Man Coyote gave him which causes him to drink?

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