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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 see on the skin after he wakes up?
(a) He sees the skin is covered with blood.
(b) The skin is covered with designs he does not understand.
(c) The yellow skin is empty, even though he saw her painting on it earlier.
(d) He sees a small meal set out on the skin and eats it.

2. What punishment does Rides-at-the-door decide to impose on Kills-close-to-the-lake?
(a) She must not leave the lodge without permission.
(b) At sunrise, she will be mutilated so she will never be attractive to another again.
(c) She will be killed at sunrise.
(d) She must leave before sunrise.

3. When Yellow Kidney leaves, what does he hope for his wife?
(a) He hopes that Boss Ribs will take her as a second wife.
(b) He hopes that she will miss him.
(c) He hopes that Fools Crow will take care of her.
(d) He hopes she will be happy.

4. Why is Heavy Shield Woman angry with Fools Crow?
(a) She is tired of him asking for a many-shots-gun.
(b) She caught Fools Crow looking at Kills-close-to-the-lake.
(c) She feels he is risking his life for Fast Horse.
(d) She disagrees with his arrogant and self-serving attitude.

5. What surprises Fast Horse about Owl Child's response to his concern?
(a) He is surprised that Owl Child is not worried about planning for winter.
(b) He is surprised that Owl Child gets angry with him.
(c) He is surprised that Owl child laughs at him for worrying.
(d) He is surprised that Owl Child agrees with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of day does Fools Crow choose to ride to the ranch house?

2. How do the Pikuni leaders feel about meeting with the seizer chiefs?

3. In his next dream, what does a dog show Fools Crow?

4. What do Owl Child and Fast Horse do to the band of Napikwans in Chapter 25?

5. How should Fools Crow dress for this trip, according to Nitsokan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice and hope does Feather Woman give to Fools Crow after he sees the designs on the skin come to life?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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