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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 does Grey feel as she saw Set driving into Mottledmare's property?

2. What extraordinary sense did Set acquire as he became a bear?

3. How do Grey and Set marry?

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

5. What does Bent tell Set when Set sees a vision of Bent in the garden?

Short Essay Questions

1. Grey closes one calendar and opens another in Chapter Eleven of Book Two. What do these different calendars represent?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Set feel as he opens the medicine bundle?

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

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

9. For what does Grey thank Lola Bourne?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both Set and Grey express themselves through art: Set as a painter and Grey as a writer. Write an essay analyzing the way each expresses himself or herself as it changes through the story. As you catalog the changes, determine whether you think each will continue to practice their painting and writing in the future. If so, do you think they will share their work with others? What do you make of the fact that their great-great grandson is an artist, a maker of shields?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Analyze the differences in communication styles between Native Americans as viewed in this story and members of the mainstream culture. Find examples in the story to demonstrate cultural differences in communication.

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