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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Gabe never done at night before that he tells Cassidy in Part IV?
(a) Played basketball.
(b) Drank coffee.
(c) A sweat.
(d) Played cards.

2. What tribe is Cassidy's girlfriend from?
(a) Cherokee.
(b) Apache.
(c) Crow.
(d) Blackfeet.

3. Who does Gabriel actually see on the side of the road by the school in Part III?
(a) Denorah.
(b) Trina.
(c) The Elk Spirit.
(d) Peta.

4. What gun does Gabe take from his father's house without his father's permission?
(a) The Winchester.
(b) The Smith and Wesson.
(c) The Mauser.
(d) The handgun.

5. Who plays the part of the ancient Indian inside the sweat lodge?
(a) Cassidy.
(b) Victor.
(c) Nathan.
(d) Gabe.

6. What does Victor play for the men outside the sweat lodge?
(a) The guitar.
(b) Tapes of drumbeat music.
(c) The harp.
(d) The clarinet.

7. What does Gabe give Cassidy instead of money?
(a) A book.
(b) Food.
(c) Some alcohol.
(d) The Mauser.

8. What is the most important advice that the herd knows, and that the Elk Spirit remembers in Part III?
(a) Find food and eat as much as you can.
(b) Stay away from dogs.
(c) Stay away from women.
(d) Always keep moving.

9. What does Cassidy think he might change his name to this time in Part III?
(a) Sal.
(b) Cassie.
(c) Mo.
(d) Cashy.

10. What does Gabe touch on his face when he is nervous?
(a) His hairline.
(b) The place by his eye with a bit of scattershot lodged there.
(c) His chin.
(d) His lips.

11. Where does the Elk Spirit hide in Part III?
(a) In the back of a deli.
(b) In the bed of Gabe's truck.
(c) In a horse stable.
(d) In a dog house.

12. What does Nathan seem to see in the camper window in Part IV?
(a) A reflection of the Elk Spirit.
(b) His sister.
(c) His mother.
(d) Jo.

13. What puzzles Gabe about the circumstances of Lewis's death?
(a) Why he had been holding the elk calf, especially at this time of year.
(b) Why he had killed so many elk before he died.
(c) Why he had killed his own dog before he died.
(d) Why he had killed himself.

14. What do the Indian men wear in the sweat?
(a) They wear bracelets and socks.
(b) They are naked.
(c) They wear traditional headdress.
(d) They wear underwear.

15. What machines are elk particularly afraid of?
(a) Mail-sorting machines.
(b) Welders.
(c) Trains.
(d) Cars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gabe tell Cassidy about the Mauser he brings to the sweat?

2. What was Trina known for when she was younger?

3. How does Gabe kill himself?

4. What does Gabe see has happened to the dogs when he steps out of the lodge to go to the bathroom?

5. What kind of tracks does Gabe see in the snow by Ricky's grave?

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