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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. Which statement best describes the consensus of the men after discussing the present situation of the Pikunis and the Napikwans?
(a) They would like to propose a treaty with the Napikwans.
(b) They would like to count coup on the the Napikwans.
(c) They would like to move camp to a place where the Napikwans are not likely to find them.
(d) They would rather die fighting the Napikwans and retain their pride.

2. Whose idea is it to stage a horse raid on the Crows?
(a) Mik-api.
(b) Fast Horse.
(c) White Man's Dog.
(d) White Man's Dog's father.

3. Why can't White Man's Dog tell about Fast Horse's dream and vow as he would like?
(a) White Man's Dog is afraid of Fast Horse's anger.
(b) He promised Fast Horse he would not tell.
(c) First he must be purified in the sweat lodge ceremony.
(d) It can turn one's medicine bad if someone tells another man's dream.

4. What does Fast Horse's alliance with Owl Child foretell?
(a) More trouble with the Napikwans.
(b) A fighting alliance with the other Pikunis tribes.
(c) Destruction of the Napikwans.
(d) Good fortune for the Lone Eaters.

5. In Chapters 5 and 6, which of the following is NOT something the author has revealed to the reader about the Pikunis culture?
(a) That the Pikunis believe that not acting or believing on a dream can change the direction of lives.
(b) That a Pikunis healer could be either a medicine man or a medicine woman.
(c) That the Pikunis value craftiness.
(d) That honor plays an important role in the Pikunis culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rides-at-the-door do while the Napikwan speak?

2. Who does Rides-at-the-door think should be banished from the Lone Eaters?

3. What does Mik-api do when White Man's Dog tells him about his dream of the white-faced girl?

4. Why does Yellow Kidney include White Man's Dog in the raiding party heading for the Crow camp?

5. How many nights does White Man's Dog have his dream?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Yellow Kidney and the raiding party try to find the stream from Fast Horse's dream?

3. What is the purpose of the war party?

4. Describe Fast Horse as he in introduced in the first two chapters of this book.

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

6. Why is Fast Horse attracted to Owl Child's band?

7. What secret does Raven promise to keep for Fools Crow, and why?

8. Who are Running Fisher and Rides-at-the-door, and what disturbing news do they bring the others in Chapter 9?

9. 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?

10. In Mik-api's dream, what will Raven give to White Man's Dog if he finds and releases the wolverine caught in the Napikwan trap?

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