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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. What does White Man's Dog see in his dream just before he wakes up?
(a) Cold Maker pointing to a frozen spring.
(b) A victorious raiding party riding away with stolen horses.
(c) A young white-faced girl with arms outstretched.
(d) A white dove rising into the moonlit night.

2. What reward will the Raven bestow on White Man's Dog if he releases the wolverine?
(a) Raven will return Yellow Kidney to the tribe.
(b) Raven will give White Man's Dog a power dream.
(c) Raven will make White Man's Dog brave and strong.
(d) Raven will teach White Man's Dog alone to use the wolverine's magic power.

3. What is it about White Man's Dog that Yellow Kidney likes in spite of his unlucky reputation?
(a) White Man's Dog projects a steadiness and calmness.
(b) White Man's Dog is wise beyond his years.
(c) White Man's Dog always does what he is told.
(d) White Man's Dog is an entertaining traveling companion.

4. Fast Horse is a young brave who could best be described as follows:
(a) Someone who is kind and unassuming.
(b) Someone who brags and is full of self-importance.
(c) Someone who is afraid of the Crow.
(d) Someone who is always thinking of the future.

5. Eagle's Rib's dream of the horse of death with the reins dragging and White Man's Dog's dream of the white-faced girl in the death lodge are both fulfilled by what plot development?
(a) The arival of the young Pikunis men with the Napikwans horses.
(b) The return of Yellow Kidney to the Lone Eaters.
(c) The purifying ceremony of Mik-api.
(d) The banishment of Fast Horse from the Lone Eaters.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 1, Chapters 1 and 2, what theme is being introduced through the encroachment of the Napikwans, the development of the characters, and is further emphasized through the point of view of Rides-at-the Door?

2. How long does it take for the injured man to regain consciousness?

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

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

5. Does Fools Crow tell the Lone Eater Camp what he did to the Napikwan?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the purpose of the war party?

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

4. What discussion is sparked when Fools Crow tells the Lone Eater camp that he has killed a Napikwan hunter?

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

6. 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?

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

8. How does the war party react to the solar eclipse on the fourth day out?

9. Why does Heavy Shield Woman set a place for her missing husband at the meal she prepares for herself, her daughter and her two sons?

10. White Man's Dog was not with Yellow Kidney in the heart of the Crow camp, so why does he feel responsible for Yellow Kidney's capture and mutilation?

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