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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. 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) Under umbrellas
(d) In the sun

2. What is the feast Father Olguin is going to be celebrating as he readies himself for the day?
(a) Saints
(b) Poor
(c) Martyrs
(d) Veterans

3. What did Milly eventually do for her profession, as Abel remembered as he was lying in pain?
(a) Social worker
(b) Teacher
(c) Banker
(d) Therapist

4. The Tai-me is the ___________ doll that belonged to the Kiowas from the time the man found the special creature.
(a) Water Dance
(b) Rain Dance
(c) Land Fertility
(d) Sun Dance

5. Reverend John Big Bluff Tosamah lives in the place of worship with his disciple _________.
(a) Francisco
(b) George
(c) Abel
(d) Cruz

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was NOT one of the members of the prayer meeting with Tosamah?

2. ____________ testified that Abel killed by an act of imagination so compelling that it was inconceivable.

3. Abel dreams of the time he had gone down to the river with __________ to go shooting.

4. During what month did Tosamah finally visit his grandmother's grave, according to his story?

5. An old woman named Nicolas teah-whau was a bahkyuah woman and also thought to be a ___________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened between Abel and the daughter of Medina in January of 1937?

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

4. What did Francisco do to the bear after he finally tracked him down in the forest and then killed him?

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

6. What happens when Abel sings and calls out during one of the rain retreats, according to his memory?

7. Was the plan that Abel and Ben had real or one that was made up just to make them feel close?

8. What were some of the things the sun could teach the grandsons about, according to Francisco?

9. Who had Francisco beaten in a race for good hunting and harvests, something which he looks upon fondly?

10. Describe the life of Milly and how Abel recalls it unfolding as he is lying in the ditch, injured and unable to do anything but think.

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