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

3. How does Grey feel during the heavy rainstorms of the plains?
(a) Timid.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Small and helpless.
(d) Enlivened.

4. What kept Maman-ti from dismounting to take shelter from the storm?
(a) The ground was covered with tarantulas.
(b) Ghosts have no need of shelter.
(c) There were snakes in the road.
(d) The ground was too muddy.

5. What change comes to Grey in the summer?
(a) She is tired all the time.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She is less beautiful.
(d) She is grumpy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dr. Terriman's evaluation of Set's condition?

2. What was the last dream of Koi-ehm-toya's great-great-grandson?

3. How did his stay at Lukachukai affect Set?

4. What does Billy the Kid do to prepare for his conversation with Sitting Bear?

5. Why did the old wanderers consider the plains the most sacred of sacred grounds?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Set enter his old house with dread?

2. Why is it important to Dr. Terriman and Lola Bourne that Set dances?

3. What characteristic does Grey say is shared by her mother and her sister and her niece?

4. Why were the Piegan people unable to believe in the child?

5. What is unusual about the death of Worcester Meat?

6. What did every people who inhabited the great plains find there?

7. Why does Grey feel at once humbled and important when she thinks of Set?

8. As Grey changes from a girl to a woman, how does Set's attitude toward her change?

9. Why does each man of the Plains Indians look upon Tsoai first thing each morning?

10. How does Grey know that Set will act in the proper way?

(see the answer keys)

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