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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is credited as the power that has helped the injured man to recover?
(a) The Beaver Medicine.
(b) The poultice of herbs and powders.
(c) The sweat lodge ceremony.
(d) The sun god.

2. What has Fast Horse done that breaks with the traditions of the Pikunis?
(a) He has chosen to marry a white Napikwan woman.
(b) He left his camp and rides with Owl Child.
(c) He does not respect his father.
(d) He has killed white men, lain with their women, and stolen their gold.

3. What new name does White Man's Dog receive after receiving war honors from his participation in a horse raid?
(a) Napikwans
(b) Man-Who-Kills-Chief.
(c) Fools Crow.
(d) Fast Horse.

4. What lone rider goes to Fools Crow at the beginning of Chapter 16, and what injury does he suffer?
(a) Fast Horse, who has been shot by the Napiwans.
(b) Owl Child, who has been tortured by the Napikwans.
(c) Fast Horse, who has fallen from his horse and has a head injury.
(d) Owl Child, who has a badly burned hand and may lose his fingers.

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

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

7. Which of the following does NOT advance the theme of loss and change in Chapters 13 and 14?
(a) That Raven would have Fools Crow break with tradition and kill a white man.
(b) That Fast Horse is rejecting his promising future with the tribe as holder of the Beaver Medicine in favor of joining with Owl Child.
(c) That Red Paint has become pregnant.
(d) That the white man is killing game for no reason.

8. 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.

9. What happens to the sun in the middle of the fourth day?
(a) The sun shines even though it is raining.
(b) The sun disappears in an eclipse.
(c) The sun appears to shine more brightly.
(d) The sun disappears behind a cloud.

10. What does Rides-at-the-door do while the Napikwan speak?
(a) Rides-at-the-door does not let on that he understands the Napikwan language.
(b) Rides-at-the-door sings his power song softly.
(c) Rides-at-the-door does not listen.
(d) Rides-at-the-door paces around the fire.

11. What do Red Paint and White Man's Dog plan to name their baby?
(a) Sleep-bringer.
(b) Sleep-maker.
(c) Sleeps-a-lot.
(d) Sleep-taker.

12. 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 never had a vision.
(c) He has a scar on his face.
(d) He does not have any wealth to offer.

13. What does White Man's Dog think his dream means?
(a) He doesn't know what it means.
(b) He thinks Cold Maker will try to stop the raid.
(c) He thinks an angel will show them where the tipi is.
(d) He thinks they will find a white girl in the enemy camp.

14. What are the three major themes of this story?
(a) The themes of love, respect and loss of innocence.
(b) The themes of belief, superstition and consequence.
(c) The themes of dreams, honor, and of loss and change.
(d) The themes of obedience, pride and embracing change.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does White Man's Dog daydream about that makes him feel shame?

2. How does the author foreshadow that Fast Horse will bring bad fortune to the Pikunis?

3. What does White Man's Dog do for Yellow Kidney's lodge in his absence?

4. 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?

5. What does the author achieve by opening Chapter 3 from Yellow Kidney's point of view?

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