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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. What does Set do each night?
(a) He opens the medicine bundle.
(b) He goes for a run.
(c) He watches television.
(d) He waits patiently for the day to end.

2. What does the Navajo part of Grey long for?
(a) She wants to travel.
(b) She wants to plant seeds and tend flocks.
(c) She wants to be a warrior.
(d) She wants to ride a fast horse.

3. Who killed Billy the Kid?
(a) Pat Garrett.
(b) Charlie Bowdre.
(c) A rancher named Wilcox.
(d) A Texas ranger.

4. Why does Lola Bourne think she cannot help Set?
(a) She can't devote her life to his recovery.
(b) She can't forgive his selfishness.
(c) She can't understand his situation.
(d) She can't tolerate his situation.

5. What did the old man say the child must be if not a bear?
(a) A dog.
(b) A coyote.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A badger.

Short Answer Questions

1. How unusual is Set's kind of breakdown?

2. The plains are a perfect equation of what two elements?

3. What had caused Set's breakdown, according to the hospital?

4. When Set returns to his adoptive father Bent's house, who does he see at first in his mind's eye?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the native people move south into the great plains?

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

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

4. Who becomes the maker of shields?

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

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

7. How does Set respond to the hospital staff's diagnosis and explanations of his condition?

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

9. How does Worcester Meat feel when he dies?

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

(see the answer keys)

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