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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 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.

2. In Chapter 9, who said, "That's the way it is now. All the breathing things are gone--except for us. But hurry, brother, for I feel my strength slipping away."
(a) The wolverine in White Man's Dog's dream.
(b) The wolverine in Kills-close-to-the-lake's dream.
(c) Yellow Kidney to White Man's Dog.
(d) Fast Horse, just before he leaves with all his belongings.

3. What events make Red Paint question the fairness of fate?
(a) That the dreams of her husband has caused him to kill a Napikwan.
(b) That her father is maimed, her mother unhappy, that Boss Ribs has to turn his son away, and yet Fast Horse lives.
(c) The raid on Bull Shield's camp was not successful.
(d) That Fools Crow was a war hero, yet is not made a chief.

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

5. What does Mik-api do when White Man's Dog tells him about his dream of the white-faced girl?
(a) Mik-api performs a purifying ceremony.
(b) Mik-api scolds White Man's Dog for not telling this dream sooner.
(c) Mik-api banishes Fast Horse from the Lone Eaters.
(d) Mik-api sends White Man's Dog on a dream quest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does White Man's Dog want to take for his wife?

2. What does Yellow Kidney give to White Man's Dog as a wedding present?

3. What reaction does White Man's Dog have to the battle as they ride away?

4. What structure does White Man's Dog enter in his dream?

5. Which of the following does NOT advance the theme of loss and change in Chapters 13 and 14?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe White Man's Dog as he was introduced in the first two chapters of this book.

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

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

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

9. Describe Fast Horse's power dream in Chapter 3.

10. Why does Three Bears think the riders who enter the Lone Eater's camp at the beginning of Chapter 7 have probably stolen the horses they have with them?

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