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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 says, "You Fast Horse, you have become the heartless insect, for you would betray your own people"?
(a) Rides-at-the-rails.
(b) Yellow Kidney.
(c) Boss Ribs.
(d) Fools Crow.

2. What does the white man with the pack horses see at the war lodge?
(a) He sees a pack of wolves scavenging on something.
(b) He sees the war lodge is on fire.
(c) He sees smoke coming out of the chimney.
(d) He sees a horse tied outside.

3. Who is Nitsokan?
(a) A Pikunis chief from another tribe.
(b) A dream helper in Fools Crow's dream.
(c) Red Paint's best friend.
(d) The god of the stars.

4. Which statement is true about Bull Shield's scalp in Chapter 28?
(a) Bull Shield's scalp represents a bygone era.
(b) Bull Shields scalp has become shrunken and trivial.
(c) Bull Shield's scalp is powerful medicine.
(d) Bull Shield's scalp represents desisive action.

5. What does Owl Child want to do now that his grudge with Four Bears has been settled?
(a) Owl Child has no more use for Fast Horse and wants him to return to his tribe.
(b) Owl Child wants Fast Horse to kill a Napikwan, too.
(c) Owl Child wants to kill all the Napikwans.
(d) Owl Child is satisfied and wants to return to a life of peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Owl Child do at the war lodge?

2. What is on the travois that the Lone Eater day rider finds?

3. What does Fast Horse do to a whiskey runner?

4. In his next dream, what does a dog show Fools Crow?

5. What does Fools Crow find when he rides to the ranch house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Fools Crow's mother angry with him as she fixes food for her guests?

2. Describe what Fools Crow sees or does not see in the water of the place he is lead to in his dream.

3. What is the significance of the thrashing wings that Fools Crow hears when he wakes in the woman's dwelling?

4. A white healer comes to the Lone Eaters' camp to warn of the smallpox. Why would the Pikunis believe anything a white man has to say?

5. What happens when Owl Child spots whiskey runners?

6. What happens after killing the whiskey runners that shows that Fast Horse may be changing and becoming concerned for his people after all?

7. How are Running Fisher and Kills-close-to-the-lake related and what is their current relationship?

8. What advice and hope does Feather Woman give to Fools Crow after he sees the designs on the skin come to life?

9. Even though the Lone Eaters trust this white healer, why don't they agree to follow his advice?

10. What is strange and incomplete about the dream Mik-api has for three nights that confuses him?

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