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

2. What happens in Fast Horse's power dream?
(a) Cold Maker shows Fast Horse a white girl in a tipi and tells him to find her and rescue her.
(b) Cold Maker warns of a great freeze that will overtake the land, so the raiding party must hurry.
(c) Fast Horse gives Cold Maker a drink from a frozen stream and Cold Maker promises good fortune for the raiding party.
(d) Cold Maker tells Fast Horse to find a frozen stream and remove a large rock that blocks it or the whole raiding party will be punished.

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

4. What color horse does Owl Child sit on?
(a) Black.
(b) Black and White.
(c) Brown.
(d) White.

5. Why does the brave, White Man's Dog, fear that no woman will find him attractive as a husband?
(a) He has a poor self-image.
(b) He has a scar on his face.
(c) He does not have any wealth to offer.
(d) He has never had a vision.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is it about White Man's Dog that Yellow Kidney likes in spite of his unlucky reputation?

3. What are the three major themes of this story?

4. In the beginning of Chapter 7, three riders enter the Pikunis camp riding on what?

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

(see the answer key)

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