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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fast Horse is a young brave who could best be described as follows:
(a) Someone who brags and is full of self-importance.
(b) Someone who is afraid of the Crow.
(c) Someone who is always thinking of the future.
(d) Someone who is kind and unassuming.

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

3. What does Fast Horse vow to do to appease Cold Maker, whom they have offended?
(a) Fast Horse vows to kill the chief of the Crows.
(b) Fast Horse vows to bring two robes for Cold Maker's daughters.
(c) Fast Horse vows to find Yellow Kidney.
(d) Fast Horse vows to make Red Paint medicine woman.

4. Eagle's Rib's dream of the horse of death with the reins dragging and White Man's Dog's dream of the white-faced girl in the death lodge are both fulfilled by what plot development?
(a) The banishment of Fast Horse from the Lone Eaters.
(b) The arival of the young Pikunis men with the Napikwans horses.
(c) The return of Yellow Kidney to the Lone Eaters.
(d) The purifying ceremony of Mik-api.

5. Who or what is the Napikwans?
(a) A square of cloth.
(b) A band of the Blackfeet tribe.
(c) A band of renegades who hate the white man.
(d) A name for the white man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mik-api do when White Man's Dog tells him about his dream of the white-faced girl?

2. How does Yellow Kidney return to the Lone Eaters?

3. What happens when White Man's Dog tries to talk to Fast Horse about the possibility that Cold Maker could be holding Yellow Kidney until Fast Horse fulfills his vow?

4. Who is Heavy Shield Woman?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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