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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eagle Rib dream about that troubles him?
(a) Eagle Rib dreams of a white death horse wearing a bridle and dragging the reins.
(b) Eagle Rib dreams Cold Maker bringing winter to the land.
(c) Eagle Rib dreams he has lost the horses from the raid.
(d) Eagle Rib dreams of the Nipikwan trapping animals.

2. What does Yellow Kidney give to White Man's Dog as a wedding present?
(a) The skin of a white deer.
(b) His many-shots-gun.
(c) A ceremonial blanket.
(d) A knife with an antler handle he made as a youth.

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

4. How does the author foreshadow that Fast Horse will bring bad fortune to the Pikunis?
(a) The author has Yellow Kidney remind the party of the omen of bad fortune from Fast Horse's dream.
(b) The author has Yellow Kidney interpret White Man's Dog's dream.
(c) The author introduces the theme of dreams.
(d) The author writes from Eagle Ribs point of view.

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

6. Why does White Man's Dog blame himself for Yellow Kidney's disfigurement?
(a) Because he did not go into the camp with Yellow Kidney.
(b) Because if he had told his dream, they would have turned back.
(c) Because he should have returned and looked for Yellow Kidney.
(d) Because only he could have dreamed where Yellow Kidney was being held.

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

8. 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?
(a) He dreams that the wolverine loses his strength.
(b) He dreams that So-at-sa-ki (Feather Woman) is banished to earth.
(c) He dreams that the Pikunis lose all their fingers.
(d) He dreams that Fast Horse is killed by the Napikwans.

9. What is Fools Crow surprised by that Raven knows?
(a) What happened at Bull Shield's camp.
(b) How to talk.
(c) That Red Paint is pregnant.
(d) His new name.

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

11. 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) Fast Horse.
(d) Fools Crow.

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

13. 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."
(a) The wolverine in White Man's Dog's dream.
(b) Fast Horse, just before he leaves with all his belongings.
(c) Yellow Kidney to White Man's Dog.
(d) The wolverine in Kills-close-to-the-lake's dream.

14. How does Red Paint feel about her husband going to war with the war party?
(a) She is scared and does not want him to go.
(b) She is nervous, but proud that he is going.
(c) She wants him to go so he can get revenge for Yellow Kidney's mutilation.
(d) She is confident that he will bring honor to the family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the Pikunis go into the heart of the Crow camp?

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

3. What does White Man's Dog sing as he rides into Bull Shield's camp?

4. In Chapters 5 and 6, which of the following is NOT something the author has revealed to the reader about the Pikunis culture?

5. How does the war party react to the phenomenon that occurs with the sun on the fourth day?

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