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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 in Abel's mouth the next time he wakes up during his time in the ditch?
(a) Blood
(b) A piece of paper
(c) A piece of bread
(d) Water

2. Vidal and Abel came back to the box canyon to watch their grandfather dig with a __________.
(a) Rock
(b) Hat
(c) Bow
(d) Hoe

3. What is the young altar boy told to do quickly before the mass would begin?
(a) Find another altar boy
(b) Comb his hair
(c) Light the candles
(d) Grab the Bible

4. What would Fat Josie give to Abel during visits to the house after his mother died?
(a) Pictures
(b) Movies
(c) Books
(d) Sweets

5. With which group did the Kiowa have an alliance for a very long time - more than a hundred years?
(a) Comanche
(b) Cherokee
(c) Sioux
(d) Apache

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the old man who is driving his team of old mares along the river in a canyon at the beginning?

2. What at the last minute passed by Abel as he was lying on the side of a wooded hill during the war?

3. Who looked after Abel and the rest of his family because their father left a long time before?

4. Tosamah gives a sermon in the basement of a two-story red brick building in ______________ in which he lives.

5. What was the name of the great volcanic crater that lay high up on the western slope of the range?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the relationship Francisco had with a young girl when he was a younger man.

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

3. Why didn't Abel go to see his grandfather's house on the third day after his arrival?

4. What did Tosamah have to do in order to reach the grave of his grandmother when he went out to visit her?

5. What is Abel's final memory before leaving to head off to the war to fight?

6. 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?

7. What did Father Olguin think caused Abel to kill the albino so many years ago, testifying in court to this being the reason for Abel's actions?

8. What happened during the summer and the autumn rain retreats, according to the stories in the book?

9. Describe the character of Nicolas teach-whau - who was this women to Abel in this story?

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

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