1. Fast Horse is a young brave who could best be described as follows:
(a) Someone who brags and is full of self-importance.
(b) Someone who is kind and unassuming.
(c) Someone who is afraid of the Crow.
(d) Someone who is always thinking of the future.

2. What does Fast Horse do at the ranch?
(a) Stole the white man's children.
(b) Scalps the white man who injured him and regrets that he died too fast.
(c) Tortures the white man who injured him for three days before scalping him.
(d) Raped the white man's wife.

3. In Part 4, how does the deserted war lodge get re-introduced into the story?
(a) The Napikwans go there to destroy the war lodge.
(b) Fast Horse and Owl Child have a conversation about it.
(c) Fast Horse and Owl Child go there for shelter.
(d) It is reintroduced as an element a dream vision.

4. What are the three major themes of this story?
(a) The themes of obedience, pride and embracing change.
(b) The themes of belief, superstition and consequence.
(c) The themes of dreams, honor, and of loss and change.
(d) The themes of love, respect and loss of innocence.

5. How far behind Fast Horse is Fools Crow?
(a) Three moons.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Three days.
(d) Three hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which dream vision best foretells the encroachment of the white man, the over-killing of animals by the white man, and the urgent need to take action?

2. How does White Man's Dog kill Bull Shield?

3. Who visits the Lone Eaters' camp in Chapters 25-26?

4. Why would the author use so much Native American terminology in this story?

5. What is the "Medicine Line?"

(see the answer key)

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