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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Sam go when he flees Crow Country?
(a) Houston.
(b) Santa Barbara.
(c) Albuquerque.
(d) Los Angeles.

2. How does Coyote try to get a good name?
(a) Bribe the Great Spirit.
(b) Trick the namer.
(c) Stay up all night.
(d) Endear himself to the Crow Indians.

3. When Sam demands to know the young Indian's identity, what does the Indian tell him?
(a) He is Pokey Medicine Wing.
(b) He is the Great Spirit.
(c) He is Samson Hunts Alone's spirit helper.
(d) He is Old Man Coyote's son.

4. What does Lloyd Commerce sell?
(a) Kitchen gadgets.
(b) A cleaning device.
(c) Chocolates.
(d) Insurance.

5. What consolation prize does Coyote receive when he gets the last name left?
(a) The ability to swap his name with another animal.
(b) The ability to hunt.
(c) The ability to shape-shift.
(d) The ability to trick people.

6. How many times does Spagnola shoot at the coyote on Sam's patio?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Ten.

7. In Chapter 8, what is Calliope thinking about as she waits for Sam to pick her up from work?
(a) The past lives of lizards.
(b) Getting her car fixed.
(c) A date with Sam.
(d) Her money troubles.

8. Where does Calliope work?
(a) Tangerine Tree Cafe.
(b) Apple Tree Cafe.
(c) Buster's Bar.
(d) Billy's Bar.

9. Who does Cochran's secretary tell him is waiting in his office in the chapter titled "Five Faces of Coyote Blue?"
(a) A man from the Native American Reform Coalition.
(b) A man from the Crow Indian Reservation.
(c) Sam Hunter.
(d) Coyote.

10. Who helps Old Man Coyote make land?
(a) The bison.
(b) Three turtles.
(c) The horses.
(d) Four ducks.

11. Where are Kiro Yashamoto and his family going when they find Pokey ill?
(a) To the grocer store.
(b) To an ancient Indian medicine wheel.
(c) To a teepee village.
(d) To church.

12. What dinner does Calliope ruin?
(a) Lasagna.
(b) Pot roast.
(c) Spaghetti.
(d) Ham.

13. How does Pokey initially interpret Sam's dream about Lloyd Commerce?
(a) Sam will be a salesman some day.
(b) Sam will leave his people.
(c) They are supposed to become house cleaners.
(d) They are supposed to turn their dreams into money.

14. Before Sam participates in his first sweat, what does Pokey pray to the Great Spirit for?
(a) A good hunt.
(b) Good medicine.
(c) A vision.
(d) Sam's health.

15. How does Sam feel from the moment he gets to Santa Barbara?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Excited.
(c) Curious.
(d) Homesick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides Pokey and Sam, how many other people are at Sam's first sweat?

2. How does Coyote describe being safe to Sam?

3. What does the young Indian turn into after Sam knocks him out?

4. What do Sam and Calliope hear as they are having sex in her apartment?

5. In the chapter titled "The God, the Bad and the Ugly?," what does Sam use to knock the young Indian unconscious.

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