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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Yellow Kidney take shelter after leaving the camp?
(a) In a cave.
(b) In an empty war lodge.
(c) In a make-shift lean-to.
(d) In an abandoned ranch house.

2. Who is Nitsokan?
(a) A Pikunis chief from another tribe.
(b) Red Paint's best friend.
(c) A dream helper in Fools Crow's dream.
(d) The god of the stars.

3. Why would the Lone Eaters trust the information the Napikwan healer brings?
(a) Because Fools Crow vouched for him as a fellow healer.
(b) They would not trust any information from any Napikwan.
(c) Because the healer was married to a Pikunis woman who died of the white scab disease.
(d) Because he smoked the pipe and swore his tongue was true and not forked.

4. What does Owl Child want to do now that his grudge with Four Bears has been settled?
(a) Owl Child wants to kill all the Napikwans.
(b) Owl Child has no more use for Fast Horse and wants him to return to his tribe.
(c) Owl Child is satisfied and wants to return to a life of peace.
(d) Owl Child wants Fast Horse to kill a Napikwan, too.

5. Who returns to the Lone Eaters the night of the first death from the white scabs disease?
(a) Fast Horse.
(b) Running Fisher.
(c) Fools Crow.
(d) Yellow Kidney.

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

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

8. 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 hugs and comforts One Spot until he goes back to sleep.
(d) He performs a ritual to banish the nightmares.

9. What does Fast Horse do when he and Owl Child arrive at the war lodge?
(a) He stays with the horses.
(b) He sets fire to the war lodge.
(c) He goes inside alone.
(d) He sings his death song.

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

11. When Yellow Kidney leaves, what does he hope for his wife?
(a) He hopes that Boss Ribs will take her as a second wife.
(b) He hopes she will be happy.
(c) He hopes that she will miss him.
(d) He hopes that Fools Crow will take care of her.

12. Whose gossip does Heavy Shield Woman look forward to hearing?
(a) Fast Horse's gossip.
(b) Kills-close-to-the-lake's gossip.
(c) Red Paint's gossip.
(d) White Grass Woman's gossip.

13. In Part 4, how does the deserted war lodge get re-introduced into the story?
(a) Fast Horse and Owl Child go there for shelter.
(b) It is reintroduced as an element a dream vision.
(c) Fast Horse and Owl Child have a conversation about it.
(d) The Napikwans go there to destroy the war lodge.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fools Crow find when he rides to the ranch house?

2. Who says, "You Fast Horse, you have become the heartless insect, for you would betray your own people"?

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

4. What are "whiskey runners"?

5. When the leaders of the Pikunis meet to discuss the Napikwan healer's warning and recommendations in Chapter 28, what do they decide to do?

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