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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 is Red Paint worried about in Chapter 22?
(a) She worries for her unborn child.
(b) She worries for her mother.
(c) She worries for her husband.
(d) She worries for her father.

2. Does Fast Horse know where he is going on this trip, and why?
(a) He knows he is going to a far away land; he does not know why.
(b) He does not know where he is going; only that it will help the Lone Eaters.
(c) He does not know where he is going; he does not know why he needs to take this trip.
(d) He knows he will travel to a canyon; he will discover a new land for the Pikunis.

3. Who is in charge of Indian Policy for the Napikwan government?
(a) General Custer.
(b) Robert Grant.
(c) President McKinley.
(d) General Sully.

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

5. How should Fools Crow dress for this trip, according to Nitsokan?
(a) He should dress like a beggar.
(b) He should dress like a warior.
(c) He should dress in his ceremonial robes.
(d) He should dress for winter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem does Fast Horse voice to Owl Child?

2. What does the land that Fools Crow sees in his dream look like?

3. How long does Nitsokan challenge Fast Horse to travel without stopping?

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

5. Why is Heavy Shield Woman angry with Fools Crow?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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