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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were the governor and the officials sitting, making those the places of honor in the group?
(a) In the air conditioned warehouse
(b) Near the trees
(c) In the sun
(d) Under umbrellas

2. What is the name of the grandmother that Tosamah is telling the story about?
(a) Aho
(b) Allto
(c) Tomasita
(d) Alo

3. As pain wracks the body of Abel, he remembers the first time he had fallen from his horse and ___________ could not fix him.
(a) His mother
(b) Vidal
(c) Francisco
(d) Mariano

4. The man who crossed the canyon after four days encountered a man with a body covered in ____________.
(a) Scales
(b) Leather
(c) Feathers
(d) Rubber

5. When Abel is 17, Francisco gets him to go hunting and the first animal he kills is a ______________.
(a) Snake
(b) Horse
(c) Mule doe
(d) Rabbit

6. Who is the old man who is driving his team of old mares along the river in a canyon at the beginning?
(a) Abel
(b) Tosamah
(c) Vidal
(d) Francisco

7. The society in #27 was the _________ to go into the kiva at the summer and the autumn rain retreats.
(a) Sixth
(b) First
(c) Second
(d) Fifth

8. What did the man who was sent off by the Kiowas trying to look for?
(a) Food
(b) Weapons
(c) Other tribes
(d) Firewood

9. Abel slept with one of ___________ daughter's, even though she dressed and ran away from him when he wanted her again.
(a) Francisco's
(b) Medina's
(c) Mariano's
(d) Tosamah's

10. What did the female eagle in the mating flight carry in her claws as she flew, dropping it to the male?
(a) Twigs
(b) Worm
(c) Rattlesnake
(d) Egg

11. Abel keeps himself in the __________ as he makes his way through the city, in order to keep himself hidden.
(a) Light
(b) Gutters
(c) Alleys
(d) Shadows

12. Who stood up, shouted, and gave the finger to the tank and soldiers who turned and shot at him?
(a) Albino
(b) Abel
(c) Ben
(d) Bowker

13. Forming a large __________, the men moved slowly inwards, clapping their hands and picking off their victims.
(a) V shape
(b) Square
(c) Spiral
(d) Circle

14. ____________ recounted an incident in which Abel was almost killed by a tank during the war time.
(a) Ben
(b) Francisco
(c) Bowker
(d) Mariano

15. Who was NOT one of the members of the prayer meeting with Tosamah?
(a) Ben Benally
(b) Abel
(c) Cristobal Cruz
(d) Henry Yellowbull

Short Answer Questions

1. With which group did the Kiowa have an alliance for a very long time - more than a hundred years?

2. Who is Abel's brother, who died many years before the start of the story?

3. What would Nicolas teah-whau beg for at the side of the road of others who passed?

4. Tosamah's grandmother's grave lays at the ________ of the Rainy Mountain.

5. What was Abel listening to men do when his grandfather called him to see his dead brother?

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