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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Koi-ehm-toya think her people have grown careless?

2. What does Set think that Grey has more than beauty?

3. What was the name of the first painting Lola Bourne bought from Set?

4. Why did the singing and dancing among the Kiowa end?

5. What does the wise man advise the people to do with the boy's story?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the darkest power that Set has encountered? What would he have called this power if he had encountered it in another time and place?

2. At the Mottledmares', Set has a dream that he is deprived of a power that seems to him important. What does he dream he cannot do?

3. Why doesn't Paulita Maxwell weep?

4. What is the unanswered question, "Quien es?" in Chapter One of Book One?

5. Why did Kope'mah experience loneliness as a medicine woman?

6. What does Set think is the most wonderful of God's creations?

7. What does Lola Bourne see in the painting "Night Window Man" that Set himself does not see?

8. Set is taught in school that art is resistance. But he doesn't believe it. How does Set define art?

9. How does Grey feel about her appearance?

10. What does Koi-ehm-toya see as her responsibility to the children who wander into the woods?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider this story from another character's point of view. Briefly write a narrative including the main facts in this story from the point of view of Jason, Dr. Merriman, or Lola Bourne.

Essay Topic 2

The horse Dog has significance in this story. Why is he important? What do we learn about Grey from Dog's response to her and from her dealings with him?

Essay Topic 3

The book begins with a section called "Planes," then a section called "Lines," then "Shapes," and ultimately, "Shadows." What do you think this geometrical view of the world represents? Use quotations from the story to support your point of view.

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