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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. What word does Set thinks best describes Grey's personality?

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

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

4. What increases the bond between Set and Grey?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who is the boy that Set sees and hears in the garden of his old house?

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

9. How does Worcester Meat feel when he dies?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the birth of Grey and Set's child. Include details from the story and try to make predictions based on the known details. For instance, if the child is a boy, what do you think they will name him, and why? If it is a girl, what do you think they will name her and why? What kind of education do you think they will want for their child? How do you think they will celebrate the birth? Where do you think they will live? Remember to have plausible justification for each of your story elements.

Essay Topic 2

Names play an important role in this story. Describe the significance of names in this story, paying particular attention to the unnamed boy and Grey's bestowal of names on herself and Dog. Use quotations from the book to support your idea.

Essay Topic 3

Grey's dialogues with Billy the Kid seem very different from her conversations in real life. Using examples, compare and contrast the Grey of her outlaw fantasies with the real girl. What do these differences tell you about her?

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