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

2. What does Fast horse see and do when he wakes up?
(a) He sees he is alone and goes back to sleep.
(b) He sees a dog, which he kills for food.
(c) He sees his only company is a dog, he eats and falls asleep again.
(d) He sees a woman painting on a yellow skin and asks her what she is doing.

3. What has happened to Red Paint's youngest brother, One Spot, in Chapter 23?
(a) He has stepped into a wolf trap.
(b) He is bitten by a wolf.
(c) He had a power dream about a wolf.
(d) He gained honor and status by killing a wolf.

4. How far behind Fast Horse is Fools Crow?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Three hours.
(c) Three days.
(d) Three moons.

5. What happens to the designs painted on the skin by the woman that Fools Crow now realizes is the legendary So-at sa-ki, Feather Woman, after she leaves the scroll by Fools Crow?
(a) The designs on the skin disappear.
(b) The designs hum and vibrate.
(c) The designs on the skin become brilliant with color.
(d) The designs on the skin come to life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mik-api feel his recurrent dream is incomplete?

2. In Chapter 19, what does Heavy Shield Woman do for her guests?

3. Which would best describe the losses suffered by the Lone Eater camp from the white scab disease?

4. What does Fools Crow do to help One Spot get rid of his nightmares?

5. How do we know that Fast Horse is finally beginning to show some honor?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. What do Owl Child and Fast Horse do at the ranch of the Napikwan?

5. 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?

6. What is Fools Crow thinking and feeling as he looks at the scalp of Bull Shied?

7. What does Fast Horse find in the war lodge while Owl Child stays with the horses, and how does he know who it is?

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

9. 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?

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

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