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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. Why did the old wanderers consider the plains the most sacred of sacred grounds?
(a) It was the center of the world.
(b) It had no European settlers.
(c) It was fertile land.
(d) It had no fences.

2. When Set returns to his adoptive father Bent's house, who does he see at first in his mind's eye?
(a) Senora Archuleta.
(b) Himself as a boy.
(c) Lukie.
(d) Bent.

3. What change comes over Grey at her mother's house?
(a) She feels less sure of herself.
(b) She changes from a girl to a woman.
(c) She becomes restless and wild.
(d) She becomes lazy and childlike.

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

5. 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 burns sage.
(d) She collects herbs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Kiowa people decide to move?

2. How does Grey feel during the heavy rainstorms of the plains?

3. How does Lola Bourne feel in the Mottledmare home?

4. What does Lola Bourne think Set is doing?

5. What does Lola Bourne do with her letter to Set?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Worcester Meat feel when he dies?

2. What is the setting where Set begins his vision quest?

3. How does Grey feel about herself during her pregnancy?

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

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

6. What is the vision that Set hopes to see?

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

8. In Chapter Twelve, Grey does something that has been important to her for the last time. What is it?

9. What do the lines on the red earth represent?

10. What understanding about Set does Lola Bourne come to while he is hospitalized?

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