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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Pikuni leaders feel about meeting with the seizer chiefs?
(a) They are against meeting with the seizer chiefs.
(b) They want to fast and meditate on this idea before making a decision.
(c) They are eager to meet and resolve issues so that the killing will stop.
(d) They are cautious and fear it could be a trap.

2. Which of Boss Ribs' children die of the white scab disease?
(a) His six-year-old daughter.
(b) His son, Running Fisher.
(c) Red Paint.
(d) His oldest son.

3. What time of day does Fools Crow choose to ride to the ranch house?
(a) At noon.
(b) At dusk.
(c) In the morning.
(d) At night, after the moon has risen.

4. Why is Heavy Shield Woman's concerned about Running Fisher?
(a) She knows about Running Fisher and Kills-close-to-the-lake.
(b) Running Fisher has moved out of the lodge and she does not know why.
(c) Running Fisher is going with Fools Crow to find Fast Horse.
(d) Running Fisher has been shot.

5. In Chapter 19, what does Heavy Shield Woman do for her guests?
(a) She prepares a sleeping area for them.
(b) She tells them stories.
(c) She prepares a meal for them.
(d) She gives each a gift.

6. What does Fools Crow do to help One Spot get rid of his nightmares?
(a) He reminds One Spot that if the wolf visits his dreams it is because he may want to become his dream helper.
(b) He performs a ritual to banish the nightmares.
(c) He hugs and comforts One Spot until he goes back to sleep.
(d) He gives him an amulet to wear while he sleeps.

7. In the final scene of the book, what are the children doing?
(a) The children are playing in the rain.
(b) The children are sleeping.
(c) The children are starving.
(d) The children are crying for their mothers.

8. What happens to Fast Horse when the woman opens the door?
(a) He has a fever and the woman takes him in to treat him.
(b) He is filled with a power he does not understand.
(c) Anger fills him and he trembles with the desire to kill her.
(d) Exhaustion overtakes him and he swoons.

9. What does Fools Crow discover while hunting that angers him?
(a) Carcasses of the black horn left to rot by the Napikwan hunters, who only wanted their skins.
(b) All the villages have been devestated by the white scab disease.
(c) He finds a few survivors, which includes some children, from a camp burned by the Seizers.
(d) All the game has been killed or driven away by the Napikwan.

10. What do Owl Child and Fast Horse do to the band of Napikwans in Chapter 25?
(a) They kill all the Napikwan whiskey runners.
(b) They kill one Napikwan and chase the others away.
(c) They sneak up on them at night and steal their horses.
(d) They try to talk with them about leaving their hunting grounds alone.

11. Where is the Napikwan that injured Fast Horse?
(a) The man Fast Horse wants to get his revenge on is at his ranch along with his wife and two children.
(b) The man Fast Horse wants to get his revenge on is in the Napikwan town at the saloon.
(c) The man Fast Horse wants to get his revenge on is nowhere to be found.
(d) The man Fast Horse wants to get his revenge on is with the Napikwan soldiers at the fort.

12. At dusk on the third day, where does Fast Horse find himself?
(a) He arrives at the deserted war lodge.
(b) He arrives at a small Napikwan dwelling in a canyon.
(c) He arrives at a Pikunis camp at the edge of a lake.
(d) He is lost in the hills.

13. What does Owl Child do at the war lodge?
(a) He goes with Fast Horse into the lodge.
(b) He cooks their dinner.
(c) He sings his death song.
(d) He stays with the horses.

14. What punishment does Rides-at-the-door decide to impose on Kills-close-to-the-lake?
(a) She must not leave the lodge without permission.
(b) She must leave before sunrise.
(c) At sunrise, she will be mutilated so she will never be attractive to another again.
(d) She will be killed at sunrise.

15. What does the white man with the pack horses see at the war lodge?
(a) He sees a pack of wolves scavenging on something.
(b) He sees smoke coming out of the chimney.
(c) He sees the war lodge is on fire.
(d) He sees a horse tied outside.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who visits the Lone Eaters' camp in Chapters 25-26?

2. What news do the visitors bring to the Lone Eaters' camp?

3. Even though One Spot follows Fools Crow's advice, he comes down with what disease?

4. In his next dream, what does a dog show Fools Crow?

5. When Rides-at-the-door returns from the council meeting, does the camp agree with the demands of the Napikwans?

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