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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 Pikunis?
(a) The sweat lodge.
(b) A name for the white man.
(c) A band of renegades who hate the white man.
(d) A band of the Blackfeet tribe.

2. Why does White Man's Dog blame himself for Yellow Kidney's disfigurement?
(a) Because only he could have dreamed where Yellow Kidney was being held.
(b) Because if he had told his dream, they would have turned back.
(c) Because he did not go into the camp with Yellow Kidney.
(d) Because he should have returned and looked for Yellow Kidney.

3. What does Yellow Kidney give to White Man's Dog as a wedding present?
(a) His many-shots-gun.
(b) A knife with an antler handle he made as a youth.
(c) A ceremonial blanket.
(d) The skin of a white deer.

4. What color horse does Owl Child sit on?
(a) Black.
(b) Black and White.
(c) Brown.
(d) White.

5. Who of the three who ventured into the heart of the Crow camp is the first to catch up to White Man's Dog?
(a) Cold Maker.
(b) Yellow Kidney.
(c) Fast Horse.
(d) Eagle Ribs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does White Man's Dog deliver to the other Pikunis camps during his travels?

2. 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?

3. Why would the author use so much Native American terminology in this story?

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

5. What does White Man's Dog see in his dream just before he wakes up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does White Man's Dog manage to kill Bull Shield?

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

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

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

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

9. What factors concern Red Paint that cause her to plead with White Man's dog not to go with the war party, and how does White Man's Dog respond?

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

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