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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does White Man's Dog daydream about that makes him feel shame?
(a) His father's first wife.
(b) His father's third wife.
(c) His father's second wife.
(d) His best friend's sweetheart.

2. What does White Man's Dog see in his dream just before he wakes up?
(a) A young white-faced girl with arms outstretched.
(b) Cold Maker pointing to a frozen spring.
(c) A white dove rising into the moonlit night.
(d) A victorious raiding party riding away with stolen horses.

3. Who becomes Mik-api's apprentice in Chapter 6?
(a) Yellow Kidney.
(b) White Man's Dog.
(c) Fast Horse.
(d) Heavy Shield Woman.

4. In Part 1, Chapters 1 and 2, what theme is being introduced through the encroachment of the Napikwans, the development of the characters, and is further emphasized through the point of view of Rides-at-the Door?
(a) The theme of "boys will be boys."
(b) The theme of "nature versus nurture."
(c) The theme of "love and dreams."
(d) The theme of "loss and change."

5. Who or what is the Pikunis?
(a) A band of renegades who hate the white man.
(b) A band of the Blackfeet tribe.
(c) The sweat lodge.
(d) A name for the white man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Yellow Kidney include White Man's Dog in the raiding party heading for the Crow camp?

2. How does the author foreshadow that Fast Horse will bring bad fortune to the Pikunis?

3. Whose boastful recklessness worries Yellow Kidney because it could bring trouble to the raiding party's success?

4. What does the author achieve by opening Chapter 3 from Yellow Kidney's point of view?

5. Which of the following characteristics is revealed by the way Fast Horse handles and reacts to his dreams?

(see the answer key)

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