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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapters 25-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Yellow Kidney return to the Lone Eaters?
(a) On a small white horse under armed escort.
(b) On a strong stallion with war trophies.
(c) On foot, sick and exhausted.
(d) On a small white horse, very thin and missing his fingers.

2. What does Yellow Kidney report that Fast Horse did when Yellow Kidney was leading Bull Shield's horse away during the raid that ultimately resulted in his capture?
(a) Fast Horse lost control of the horse he was leading and it ran away.
(b) Fast Horse broke the silence with fierce boasting.
(c) Fast Horse was careless about leaving footprints.
(d) Fast Horse stepped on a branch that snapped loudly.

3. What are "whiskey runners"?
(a) A cloth that covers the middle of a table on which whiskey and other alchoholic bottles were lined up for display or sale.
(b) A type of sled runner made from a curved portion of a whiskey barrel.
(c) Bands of Napikwan who transport illegal whiskey.
(d) Like pony express riders for the mail, these riders transported whiskey across the country quickly.

4. What is the history of the relationship between the Pikunis and the Napikwans as told by Rides-at-the-door?
(a) The Pikunis never learned to live with the Napikwans who stole their lands and continually break their promises.
(b) The Pikunis have always fought the Napikwans since they first intruded on Pikunis lands.
(c) The Pikunis were almost exterminated by the Napikwans and have feared them ever since.
(d) The Pikunis learned to live with the Napikwans, giving them lands and thinking the Napikwans would be satisfied, but the Napikwans continually break their word.

5. Which of the following is a true statement about Fast Horse's relationship to the Lone Eaters since his return from the horse raid on the Crow without Yellow Kidney?
(a) Fast Horse is respected as a great horse-stealer.
(b) Fast Horse is close friends with White Man's Dog.
(c) Fast Horse is an outsider among the Lone Eaters
(d) Fast Horse will receive power and position from the Beaver Medicine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which statement best describes the consensus of the men after discussing the present situation of the Pikunis and the Napikwans?

2. What lone rider goes to Fools Crow at the beginning of Chapter 16, and what injury does he suffer?

3. What color horse does Owl Child sit on?

4. Where did Yellow Kidney hide that was a fulfillment of White Man's Dog's dream?

5. After hearing Fools Crow's story, who first suggests that it is time to kill all the Napikwans?

(see the answer key)

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