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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who or what is the Napikwans?
(a) A name for the white man.
(b) A band of renegades who hate the white man.
(c) A square of cloth.
(d) A band of the Blackfeet tribe.

2. Who is Heavy Shield Woman?
(a) Yellow Kidney's wife.
(b) Fast Horse's mother.
(c) White Man's Dog's sister.
(d) Eagle Rib's daughter.

3. Which of the following characteristics is revealed by the way Fast Horse handles and reacts to his dreams?
(a) That Fast Horse is brave.
(b) That Fast Horse is selfish.
(c) That Fast Horse is wise.
(d) That Fast Horse is stupid.

4. What happens when White Man's Dog tries to talk to Fast Horse about the possibility that Cold Maker could be holding Yellow Kidney until Fast Horse fulfills his vow?
(a) Fast Horse becomes angry.
(b) Cold Maker appears and tells White Man's Dog to mind his own dreams.
(c) Fast Horse thinks this is possible and promises to find a way to fulfill his vow.
(d) Fast Horse shows remorse.

5. What attributes does White Man's Dog hope to gain by painting his body with yellow pigment?
(a) He hopes to gain speed and endurance.
(b) He hopes to gain power and wealth.
(c) He hopes to gain an advantage over his friend, Fast Horse.
(d) He hopes to gain strength and cunning.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Red Paint's mother react when Red Paint tell her that she is pregnant?

2. What are the three major themes of this story?

3. In Chapter 13, who arrives at the Lone Eaters' camp?

4. What goes wrong with Fools Crow's plan to expose the white hunter?

5. Why does the brave, White Man's Dog, fear that no woman will find him attractive as a husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. When White Man's Dog tells his parents that he wants to take Red Paint as his wife, his father is concerned. Why is this?

2. Describe Yellow Kidney's return to the Lone Eater's camp.

3. Why do White Man's Dog and Fast Horse plan to build a sweat lodge?

4. When White Man's Dog marries Red Paint, her father, Yellow Kidney, gives White Man's Dog his many-shots-gun as a wedding present. Why is this particularly significant to White Man's Dog?

5. What does Boss Ribs do to help his son, Fast Horse, recover from his gunshot wound that he hopes will persuade Fast Horse to stay with the Lone Eaters?

6. Why is White Man's Dog uncomfortable with his new name, Fools Crow?

7. What techniques does the author use to introduce the reader to the Pikuni culture?

8. Why does White Man's Dog think that Yellow Kidney's disappearance and Fast Horse's dream may be related, and what does he do about it?

9. What troubling dream does Eagle Ribs relate to the raiding party as they wait for Fast Horse and Yellow Kidney to catch up?

10. Who are the seizers and why have they come to talk with the Lone Eaters?

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