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

2. To what does Yellow Kidney liken his life to?
(a) He thinks his life is like that of a mighty warrior.
(b) He thinks his life is like that of an injured bear.
(c) He thinks his life is like that of a helpless baby.
(d) He thinks his life is like that of an old man.

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. Who visits the Lone Eaters' camp in Chapters 25-26?
(a) Owl Child and Fast Horse.
(b) Yellow Kidney.
(c) Pretty-on-top and a Napikwan healer.
(d) A delegate of the Napikwan seizers.

5. What is the "Medicine Line?"
(a) The border between the United States and Canada.
(b) This refers to the line up of Pikunis as they wait for blankets to be passed out from the white man.
(c) This refers to the plague of white scab disease and the rows of infected Pikunis.
(d) The ritual line that a Pikunis crosses to become a many-faces man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who returns to the Lone Eaters the night of the first death from the white scabs disease?

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

3. What is the woman in the garden doing?

4. Why is Heavy Shield Woman's concerned about Running Fisher?

5. At dusk on the third day, where does Fast Horse find himself?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Owl Child spots whiskey runners?

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

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

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. 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?

6. Why doesn't Fast Horse return to the Lone Eaters himself?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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