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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Fools Crow do with the injured rider that approached him at the beginning of Chapter 16?
(a) He takes him to his lodge to nurse him back to health.
(b) He takes him back to Owl Child, who is his friend.
(c) He takes him to his father, Boss Ribs, to be healed.
(d) He takes him to the medicine man and asks him for advice.

2. What is it about White Man's Dog that Yellow Kidney likes in spite of his unlucky reputation?
(a) White Man's Dog is wise beyond his years.
(b) White Man's Dog is an entertaining traveling companion.
(c) White Man's Dog projects a steadiness and calmness.
(d) White Man's Dog always does what he is told.

3. What brings Fast Horse esteem and a promising future?
(a) His beaded vest.
(b) His ability to steal horses.
(c) His father's Beaver Medicine Bundle.
(d) His cleansing in the sweat lodge ritual.

4. Does Fools Crow tell the Lone Eater Camp what he did to the Napikwan?
(a) Yes, he tells them that due to the instructions of the Raven in his dream, he has killed a Napikwan hunter.
(b) No, because Raven told him to keep secret what he had to do to the Napikwan hunter.
(c) No, he is too ashamed to admit what he did to the Napikwan hunter.
(d) Yes, but he does not tell the whole story of the Napikwan hunter.

5. What does Boss Ribs want Fools Crow to do about Fast Horse at the end of Chapter 17?
(a) He asks Fools Crow to find Fast Horse and bring him home.
(b) He asks Fools Crow to kill Owl Child and bring Fast Horse home.
(c) He wants Fools Crow to stop being friends with Fast Horse.
(d) He wants Fools Crow to banish Fast Horse.

6. Which statement best describes the consensus of the men after discussing the present situation of the Pikunis and the Napikwans?
(a) They would rather die fighting the Napikwans and retain their pride.
(b) They would like to propose a treaty with the Napikwans.
(c) They would like to move camp to a place where the Napikwans are not likely to find them.
(d) They would like to count coup on the the Napikwans.

7. How does the war party react to the phenomenon that occurs with the sun on the fourth day?
(a) They do not know what it means and are bewildered.
(b) They perform a sun ceremony to restore the sun.
(c) They see it as a bad omen and are afraid.
(d) They see it as a good omen that Bull Shield's camp will be destroyed.

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

9. What does Fools Crow use as bait to attract the evil Napikwan?
(a) Raven.
(b) Himself.
(c) Red Paint.
(d) A buffalo.

10. 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) A Napikwan horse.
(c) An eagle feather.
(d) A magic amulet.

11. 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?
(a) Cold Maker appears and tells White Man's Dog to mind his own dreams.
(b) Fast Horse thinks this is possible and promises to find a way to fulfill his vow.
(c) Fast Horse becomes angry.
(d) Fast Horse shows remorse.

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

13. How long does it take for the injured man to regain consciousness?
(a) One week and three days.
(b) Three days.
(c) One week.
(d) He was never unconscious.

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

15. What happens to Fools Crow after he and Red Paint have been away from camp for 18 days?
(a) He meets Raven, a friend of his father's.
(b) He has a long conversation with Raven in a dream vision.
(c) He weeps over the false story that resulted in his new name, and confesses all to Red Paint.
(d) He falls and injures his ankle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Heavy Shield Woman?

2. In Chapter 9, who said, "That's the way it is now. All the breathing things are gone--except for us. But hurry, brother, for I feel my strength slipping away."

3. What has Fast Horse done that breaks with the traditions of the Pikunis?

4. What reward will the Raven bestow on White Man's Dog if he releases the wolverine?

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

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