1. What do Fast Horse and Owl Child do to the Napikwan wagons and oxen?
(a) They abandon the wagons and slaughter the oxen.
(b) They burn the wagons and drive away the oxen.
(c) They make a cook fire from the wagons and eat the oxen.
(d) They steal the wagons and oxen to carry their own supplies.

2. After hearing Fools Crow's story, who first suggests that it is time to kill all the Napikwans?
(a) Rides-at-the-door.
(b) Fast Horse.
(c) Red Paint.
(d) Young Bird Chief.

3. How has Yellow Kidney reacted to his disfigurement since he has returned home to the Lone Eaters?
(a) He no longer touches his wife and chooses to live in self-pity.
(b) He prays for healing and takes long solitary walks.
(c) He has become a leading voice of wisdom in the camp.
(d) He has overcome his handicap with fierce determination.

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

5. What object ties a wolverine dream of White Dog's and a wolverine dream of Kills-close-to-the-Lake's with reality?
(a) A slender white stone.
(b) An eagle feather.
(c) A magic amulet.
(d) A Napikwan horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How do we know that Fast Horse is finally beginning to show some honor?

3. What are "whiskey runners"?

4. What is the woman in the garden doing?

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

(see the answer key)

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