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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. In Chapter 19, what does Heavy Shield Woman do for her guests?
(a) She prepares a sleeping area for them.
(b) She gives each a gift.
(c) She tells them stories.
(d) She prepares a meal for them.

2. Whose gossip does Heavy Shield Woman look forward to hearing?
(a) Kills-close-to-the-lake's gossip.
(b) Fast Horse's gossip.
(c) Red Paint's gossip.
(d) White Grass Woman's gossip.

3. Who returns to the Lone Eaters the night of the first death from the white scabs disease?
(a) Fast Horse.
(b) Running Fisher.
(c) Fools Crow.
(d) Yellow Kidney.

4. From Owl Child's lookout, who does Fast Horse recognize approaching?
(a) Fools Crow.
(b) Rides-at-the-rails.
(c) Boss Ribs.
(d) Yellow Kidney.

5. How do the Pikuni leaders feel about meeting with the seizer chiefs?
(a) They are against meeting with the seizer chiefs.
(b) They want to fast and meditate on this idea before making a decision.
(c) They are eager to meet and resolve issues so that the killing will stop.
(d) They are cautious and fear it could be a trap.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Rides-at-the-door returns from the council meeting, does the camp agree with the demands of the Napikwans?

2. Fools Crow asks Fast Horse why he has changed. What is Fast Horse's response?

3. What does Fast Horse see on the skin after he wakes up?

4. What does Fast Horse find there?

5. What does Running Fisher do that is a betrayal of his father?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe who the man is that Fast Horse wants to kill.

2. How does Fast Horse's reaction to finding Yellow Kidney's body show he is beginning to regret the path he has chosen with Owl Child?

3. How does the author introduce hope into the devastation that has forced the Lone Eaters to begin the journey toward the Sand Hills that gives this book its bitter-sweet ending?

4. What are the three demands the seizers make of the Pikunis when they meet with General Sully?

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

6. What does Fast Horse suggest Fools Crow tell his father when he returns to the Lone Eater Camp?

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

8. When the Pikunis chiefs meet for council, what do they decide to do about the white healer's warning and the seizers' demands?

9. How does Fools Crow help Red Paint's youngest brother conquer his fears and nightmares about the rabid wolf who bit him?

10. Describe the devastation in the Lone Eaters camp after thirteen days of the small pox disease.

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