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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 lone rider goes to Fools Crow at the beginning of Chapter 16, and what injury does he suffer?
(a) Fast Horse, who has fallen from his horse and has a head injury.
(b) Owl Child, who has been tortured by the Napikwans.
(c) Owl Child, who has a badly burned hand and may lose his fingers.
(d) Fast Horse, who has been shot by the Napiwans.

2. What goes wrong with Fools Crow's plan to expose the white hunter?
(a) The hunter does not take the bait and does not appear.
(b) The hunter sees Fools Crow first, shoots him and escapes.
(c) The hunter shoots Red Paint.
(d) Fools Crow panics over Red Paint's safety and gets shot himself.

3. How long does it take for the injured man to regain consciousness?
(a) One week.
(b) He was never unconscious.
(c) One week and three days.
(d) Three days.

4. Why is Fool's Crow uncomfortable with his new name?
(a) Because no one will know who he is anymore.
(b) Because the story of how Bull Shield was killed is exaggerated.
(c) Because he likes his old name and doesn't want a new one.
(d) Because it is difficult to get used to being called a new name.

5. After preparing a meal, why does Heavy Shield Woman set a place for Yellow Kidney?
(a) Because her daughter, Red Paint, asked her to.
(b) Because Yellow Kidney has escaped from the Crows and has returned.
(c) Because Yellow Kidney came to her in a dream and told her he would be coming home someday.
(d) Because she is honoring the memory of Yellow Kidney whom she believes is dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it about White Man's Dog that Yellow Kidney likes in spite of his unlucky reputation?

2. What does White Man's Dog sing as he rides into Bull Shield's camp?

3. Who is the main protagonist in this story around whose life this story revolves?

4. What happens to Fools Crow after he and Red Paint have been away from camp for 18 days?

5. Whose idea is it to stage a horse raid on the Crows?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Fools Crow does not want to kill a white man as Raven asks, but is finally convinced to comply for what reason?

5. Boss Ribs asks Fools Crow what changed his son. What does Fools Crow tell him?

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

7. According to ancient legend, how did So-at-sa-ki come to be banished to earth?

8. 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?

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

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

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