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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. Why do Archie, Harley, Frank, and Herod head off on horseback?
(a) To find the medicine hole from Herod's dream.
(b) To escape Alberta's wrath.
(c) They need to check on the cattle.
(d) The house is on fire.

2. What happens to the black hole Harley feels inside himself?
(a) It never stops growing.
(b) The hole grows larger as he grows older.
(c) It grows smaller as he grows older.
(d) It disappears as a teenager.

3. What do the sisters do after their mother's death?
(a) They bury her in the Catholic tradition.
(b) They take her body to the shaman.
(c) They say a Catholic prayer.
(d) They wash and paint her face in the old way.

4. Of what does Jeannette come to the reservation full?
(a) Prejudice towards Native Americans.
(b) Idealistic beliefs about the Native American culture.
(c) Insecurities.
(d) Doubt.

5. Where does Martin get a job?
(a) With the Chicago Tribune.
(b) At the Chicago Institute of Art.
(c) At the local grocery store.
(d) With a rodeo.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does this chapter open?

2. Who is Herod's wife?

3. Why does Frank not share this story in class?

4. What does Archie do on the motorcycle?

5. Why does Crystal protect the turtle amulet?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Red Dress relate to the white culture?

2. What is incorporated into this complexly woven tale?

3. Why do Clara Miller and Red Dress appear to Charlene?

4. What two styles of grass dancers are there?

5. How is Chaske different than other Sioux boys?

6. Why does Martin's and Crystal's relationship scandalize the school?

7. Why does Jeannette abandon James Fenimore Cooper?

8. What do the two protagonists have in common?

9. What does Crystal do when she finds out Martin designs catalog covers for the Oscar H. Will Seed Co.?

10. What does Margaret do as she becomes increasingly ill?

(see the answer keys)

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