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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Koi-ehm-toya's great-great-grandson put on his shields?
(a) Tsoai.
(b) Powerful medicines.
(c) Planes and lines.
(d) Ancient designs.

2. What does Dr. Terriman discuss with Set?
(a) Native American folk music.
(b) Bears.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Set's art.

3. How did Set know where to go to begin his quest for a vision?
(a) Kope'mah had told him.
(b) Grey and Lela had told him.
(c) His spirit had told him.
(d) Jessie Mottledmare had told him.

4. What was the last dream of Koi-ehm-toya's great-great-grandson?
(a) The children moving into the woods.
(b) The stars forming the Big Dipper.
(c) The beautiful horse, Dog.
(d) The bear scratching at Tsoai.

5. What does Grey believe will bring Set to her?
(a) His need for understanding of his culture.
(b) The medicine bundle.
(c) The sheer strength of her will.
(d) His Kiowa blood.

6. How do the hospital staff treat Set?
(a) With disrespect.
(b) With kindness and understanding.
(c) With disregard.
(d) With tact and condescension.

7. Who belonged to the dog soldier organization of the Kiowa tribe?
(a) The warriors.
(b) The renegades.
(c) The ten bravest men.
(d) The chiefs.

8. Why couldn't the plains have an ordinary place name?
(a) They were too flat.
(b) They were too vast.
(c) They were too frightening.
(d) They were too boring.

9. How long is Set hospitalized?
(a) Six hours.
(b) Six months.
(c) Six days.
(d) Six weeks.

10. How did the Kiowa learn of the Piegan story?
(a) A Kiowa hunter married a Piegan woman who told the story.
(b) They captured a Piegan woman who told it.
(c) They made friends with some Piegan who told it.
(d) They traded stories with Piegan traders.

11. What does Billy the Kid do to prepare for his conversation with Sitting Bear?
(a) Writes a speech.
(b) Memorizes a speech.
(c) Buys a speech.
(d) Invents a speech.

12. The plains are a perfect equation of what two elements?
(a) Distance and time.
(b) Freedom and space.
(c) Native Americans and settlers.
(d) Darkness and light.

13. What ceremony does Grey perform in the Kiowa way?
(a) She dances around the campfire.
(b) She butchers a calf and eats the raw liver.
(c) She collects herbs.
(d) She burns sage.

14. What tracks did those who came later to the plains find?
(a) A buffalo herd.
(b) A fast horse.
(c) A great bear.
(d) A giant wolf.

15. What is Dr. Terriman's evaluation of Set's condition?
(a) He is dangerously self-centered.
(b) He is temporarily addled.
(c) He will recover quickly.
(d) He is curable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kept Maman-ti from dismounting to take shelter from the storm?

2. What does Set find in his old bedroom?

3. Where does Worcester Meat go after he has been sick for sixteen days?

4. What does Set look for after the vision of Bent leaves him?

5. How does Worcester Meat feel as his life ends?

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