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

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

3. Who did Abel kill which led to his being put into prison for six years?
(a) Francisco
(b) Ben
(c) Albino
(d) Tosamah

4. The men in the prayer circle with Tosamah smoked and ate _____________.
(a) Jimson Weed
(b) Peyote buttons
(c) Tobacco
(d) Marijuana

5. Abel is cold and in pain as he is lying down, his hands and fingers ____________.
(a) Numb
(b) Tied
(c) Broken
(d) Missing

Short Answer Questions

1. What appears at the trading post when Francisco arrives around 1:00 PM?

2. What would Fat Josie give to Abel during visits to the house after his mother died?

3. What appeared shortly after Abel began to sin and call out during his time at the small house?

4. What were the victims being targeted in the #32 scenario that was described in the book?

5. The ___________ lasted for days, during which time they prayed and made offerings at the holy places they came to.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ben do when he goes to the Silver Dollar after dropping off Abel at the bus station?

2. What did Francisco try to teach his grandsons when they were out at the old Campo Santo?

3. Describe the history of the Kiowa, as Tosamah describes it from his own memory and his own experience.

4. What did Francisco tell Abel about the area across the Arroyo Bajo to the edge of the red rock that looked out over the plain?

5. What did Abel do after he left his grandfather's house after Francisco died?

6. What caused Francisco to be afraid during the birth of his child, which then caused his girlfriend to leave him?

7. Who managed to fix Abel's bad back when he was thrown off his horse, even though his grandfather could not?

8. What happens in the memory Abel has of his grandfather calling him as he heard the old men pray?

9. What is the first animal that crosses Abel's path when the grandfather gets him up early to go hunting at daybreak?

10. What does Abel do when he sees the bird in the sack after it has been captured?

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