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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 does Fast Horse trust his dream helper to do for his horse?
(a) He trusts his dream helper to give his horse strength.
(b) He trusts his dream helper to give his horse water.
(c) He trusts his dream helper to give his horse food.
(d) He trusts his dream helper to give his horse speed.

2. When Rides-at-the-door returns from the council meeting, does the camp agree with the demands of the Napikwans?
(a) Yes, they hope to apease the Napikwan and will comply with all the demands.
(b) No, they reject all the seizer's demands.
(c) They agree reluctantly only because they will not receive blankets and medicine for the white scab disease.
(d) They agree with the demand to turn in Fast Horse, but reject the other two.

3. At dusk on the third day, where does Fast Horse find himself?
(a) He arrives at a small Napikwan dwelling in a canyon.
(b) He is lost in the hills.
(c) He arrives at a Pikunis camp at the edge of a lake.
(d) He arrives at the deserted war lodge.

4. What or who is a "seizer chief?"
(a) A renegade Indian who abducts Napikwans.
(b) White men who represent the Napikwan government.
(c) A dream character who "seizes" Pikunis souls.
(d) An amulet imbued with the power to control the enemy's mind.

5. What does Fast Horse find there?
(a) A woman painting on a yellow skin.
(b) A sliver of white stone.
(c) The remnants of a meal.
(d) A dead man lying on the floor.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Yellow Kidney leaves, what does he hope for his wife?

2. From Owl Child's lookout, who does Fast Horse recognize approaching?

3. To what does Yellow Kidney liken his life to?

4. Why is Fools Crow out hunting for food during the season of plague?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the thoughts and feelings of Yellow Kidney before, during and after he decides to leave the Lone Eater camp.

3. How does Fools Crow discover the new land in his dream during his seven-day journey?

4. What happens to Yellow Kidney while he is taking shelter in the war lodge, and does he see it coming?

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

6. What do the Pikunis ask of the seizers when told of the spread of small pox, and what do the seizers reply?

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

8. What happens when Fools Crow catches up to Fast Horse and tries to talk to him about his association with Owl Child and his killing of the rancher?

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

10. 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?

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