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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news do the visitors bring to the Lone Eaters' camp?
(a) News and gossip of interest only to the women.
(b) News of the latest ambushes perpetrated on the Napikwan.
(c) News of war declared upon the Pikunis by the Napikwan.
(d) News of the spread of the white scab disease.

2. What are "whiskey runners"?
(a) Like pony express riders for the mail, these riders transported whiskey across the country quickly.
(b) A type of sled runner made from a curved portion of a whiskey barrel.
(c) Bands of Napikwan who transport illegal whiskey.
(d) A cloth that covers the middle of a table on which whiskey and other alchoholic bottles were lined up for display or sale.

3. Why is Heavy Shield Woman angry with Fools Crow?
(a) She is tired of him asking for a many-shots-gun.
(b) She caught Fools Crow looking at Kills-close-to-the-lake.
(c) She feels he is risking his life for Fast Horse.
(d) She disagrees with his arrogant and self-serving attitude.

4. Who says, "You Fast Horse, you have become the heartless insect, for you would betray your own people"?
(a) Yellow Kidney.
(b) Rides-at-the-rails.
(c) Fools Crow.
(d) Boss Ribs.

5. What cure does the Napikwan healer tell the Lone Eaters about?
(a) He tells them how to treat the white scab disease with herbs and antibiotics.
(b) He tells them there is an antidote.
(c) He tells them the Napikwan are sending an elixer that will cure the white scab disease.
(d) He tells them about a vaccine that will prevent white scab disease.

6. Which statement is true about Bull Shield's scalp in Chapter 28?
(a) Bull Shield's scalp represents desisive action.
(b) Bull Shields scalp has become shrunken and trivial.
(c) Bull Shield's scalp represents a bygone era.
(d) Bull Shield's scalp is powerful medicine.

7. In Chapter 31, what does Fools Crow see the older woman in the doe skin doing?
(a) She is singing as she paints a design on a yellow skin.
(b) She is cooking food.
(c) She is digging turnips with her digging stick and putting them in a sack.
(d) She is singing with a bag of turnips from her garden.

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

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

10. What event does Fools Crow remember in Chapter 28 that did make him feel he had power?
(a) He remembered hunting for Yellow Kidney's lodge.
(b) He remembered when he freed the wolverine.
(c) He remembered when Red Paint told him she was pregnant.
(d) He remembered when he took Bull Shield's scalp.

11. What is Yellow Kidney thinking about when he is killed?
(a) He is thinking about how to avoid being killed.
(b) He is thinking about how his life is like that of an old man.
(c) He is thinking of his wife.
(d) He is thinking of his unborn grandson.

12. Who does Three Bears want representing the Lone Eaters at the meeting with the seizer chiefs?
(a) Three Bears wants to represent the Lone Eaters himself .
(b) Yellow Kidney.
(c) Fools Crow.
(d) Rides-at-the-door.

13. What does Fools Crow find when he rides to the ranch house?
(a) He finds the man and his wife hiding inside.
(b) He finds the scalped dead man.
(c) He finds Fast Horse's many-shots-gun.
(d) He finds the weeping child.

14. What is the woman in the garden doing?
(a) She is dancing.
(b) She is digging turnips.
(c) She is singing a song of mourning.
(d) She is planting seeds.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the white scab disease?

2. How does the finding of Yellow Kidney further develop the theme of loss and change?

3. Where is the Napikwan that injured Fast Horse?

4. What time of day does Fools Crow choose to ride to the ranch house?

5. What does Fast Horse trust his dream helper to do for his horse?

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