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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the main protagonist in this story around whose life this story revolves?
(a) Rides-at-the-Door.
(b) Mik-api.
(c) White Man's Dog.
(d) Fast Horse.

2. What does White Man's Dog sing as he rides into Bull Shield's camp?
(a) White Man's Dog sings his power song.
(b) White Man's Dog sings his death song.
(c) White Man's Dog sings his victory song.
(d) White Man's Dog sings his battle cry.

3. Whose idea is it to stage a horse raid on the Crows?
(a) White Man's Dog's father.
(b) White Man's Dog.
(c) Fast Horse.
(d) Mik-api.

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

5. What concerns Rides-at-the-door regarding White Man's Dog's choice of a wife?
(a) White Man's Dog will be responsible for Yellow Kidney's entire family.
(b) He does not think White Man's Dog is ready to marry.
(c) White Man's Dog will lose position in the camp.
(d) He fears the woman will not be a good wife to White Man's Dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Red Paint and White Man's Dog plan to name their baby?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 13, how does Red Paint wake White Man's Dog?

3. What new dream does White Man's Dog have in Chapter 9 that foretells of loss and change that will make the Lone Eaters feel as useless as Yellow Kidney?

4. Why would the author use so much Native American terminology in this story?

5. Which dream vision best foretells the encroachment of the white man, the over-killing of animals by the white man, and the urgent need to take action?

(see the answer key)

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