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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Even though One Spot follows Fools Crow's advice, he comes down with what disease?
(a) White Scab disease.
(b) Small Pox.
(c) Rabies.
(d) Measles.

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

3. What does Fast Horse find there?
(a) A woman painting on a yellow skin.
(b) The remnants of a meal.
(c) A sliver of white stone.
(d) A dead man lying on the floor.

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

5. 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 gives him an amulet to wear while he sleeps.
(c) He performs a ritual to banish the nightmares.
(d) He hugs and comforts One Spot until he goes back to sleep.

6. What happens to the designs painted on the skin by the woman that Fools Crow now realizes is the legendary So-at sa-ki, Feather Woman, after she leaves the scroll by Fools Crow?
(a) The designs on the skin disappear.
(b) The designs hum and vibrate.
(c) The designs on the skin become brilliant with color.
(d) The designs on the skin come to life.

7. What does Fools Crow see when the ranch comes into view?
(a) Fools Crow sees a child sitting in front of the ranch house, crying.
(b) Fools Crow sees Fast Horse and Owl Child.
(c) Fools Crow sees buildings with corrals, but no animals.
(d) Fools Crow sees a man working in the corral with his horses.

8. Why is Fools Crow out hunting for food during the season of plague?
(a) Fools Crow is responsible for providing for his own family.
(b) Because all the healthy men not suffering from the white scab disease must hunt or the people will starve.
(c) Because they are preparing for a feast day.
(d) Because all the braves take turns hunting.

9. To what does Yellow Kidney liken his life to?
(a) He thinks his life is like that of a mighty warrior.
(b) He thinks his life is like that of a helpless baby.
(c) He thinks his life is like that of an old man.
(d) He thinks his life is like that of an injured bear.

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

11. Who visits the Lone Eaters' camp in Chapters 25-26?
(a) Yellow Kidney.
(b) Pretty-on-top and a Napikwan healer.
(c) Owl Child and Fast Horse.
(d) A delegate of the Napikwan seizers.

12. Why does Mik-api feel his recurrent dream is incomplete?
(a) His dream has to do with Yellow Kidney, yet Yellow Kidney is not in the dream.
(b) He just has a feeling there should be more to the dream.
(c) He keeps waking up before the dream has ended.
(d) Raven has told him to expect a new revelation, but he hasn't dreamed it yet.

13. What is the "Medicine Line?"
(a) This refers to the line up of Pikunis as they wait for blankets to be passed out from the white man.
(b) This refers to the plague of white scab disease and the rows of infected Pikunis.
(c) The border between the United States and Canada.
(d) The ritual line that a Pikunis crosses to become a many-faces man.

14. What problem does Fast Horse voice to Owl Child?
(a) He tells Owl Child that his dream nemesis, Cold Maker, is planning revenge.
(b) He tells Owl Child he thinks that killing Napikwans so close to the Pikunis camps will bring trouble for the Pikunis people.
(c) He tells Owl Child that winter is coming and they have not put up rations for the cold months.
(d) He tells Owl Child he is running out of bullets for his many-shots-rifle.

15. What has happened to Red Paint's youngest brother, One Spot, in Chapter 23?
(a) He is bitten by a wolf.
(b) He had a power dream about a wolf.
(c) He gained honor and status by killing a wolf.
(d) He has stepped into a wolf trap.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 31, what does Fools Crow see the older woman in the doe skin doing?

2. How long does Nitsokan challenge Fast Horse to travel without stopping?

3. What does Fools Crow look at as he ponders the situation they are in with the Napikwans and the white scab disease?

4. What does Running Fisher do that is a betrayal of his father?

5. Which would best describe the losses suffered by the Lone Eater camp from the white scab disease?

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