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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens in Fast Horse's power dream?
(a) Cold Maker warns of a great freeze that will overtake the land, so the raiding party must hurry.
(b) Cold Maker tells Fast Horse to find a frozen stream and remove a large rock that blocks it or the whole raiding party will be punished.
(c) Fast Horse gives Cold Maker a drink from a frozen stream and Cold Maker promises good fortune for the raiding party.
(d) Cold Maker shows Fast Horse a white girl in a tipi and tells him to find her and rescue her.

2. What news does White Man's Dog deliver to the other Pikunis camps during his travels?
(a) Fast Horse's role in Yellow Kidney's misfortune.
(b) White Man's Dog's upcoming marriage ceremony.
(c) The Napikwan's encroachment into the Pikunis lands.
(d) Heavy Shield Woman's vow to be Medicine Woman.

3. What does Fast Horse vow to do to appease Cold Maker, whom they have offended?
(a) Fast Horse vows to make Red Paint medicine woman.
(b) Fast Horse vows to find Yellow Kidney.
(c) Fast Horse vows to bring two robes for Cold Maker's daughters.
(d) Fast Horse vows to kill the chief of the Crows.

4. 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?
(a) White Man's Dog's dream of the wolverine in the white empty land.
(b) Kills-close-to-the-lakes's dream of wolverine biting her finger.
(c) White Man's Dog's dream of the white-faced girl.
(d) White Man's Dog's dream of the Pikunis losing their fingers.

5. What does Yellow Kidney report that Fast Horse did when Yellow Kidney was leading Bull Shield's horse away during the raid that ultimately resulted in his capture?
(a) Fast Horse lost control of the horse he was leading and it ran away.
(b) Fast Horse broke the silence with fierce boasting.
(c) Fast Horse stepped on a branch that snapped loudly.
(d) Fast Horse was careless about leaving footprints.

6. In Chapters 5 and 6, which of the following is NOT something the author has revealed to the reader about the Pikunis culture?
(a) That honor plays an important role in the Pikunis culture.
(b) That a Pikunis healer could be either a medicine man or a medicine woman.
(c) That the Pikunis value craftiness.
(d) That the Pikunis believe that not acting or believing on a dream can change the direction of lives.

7. What bothers Fools Crow about the news that the Napikwan scout tells them?
(a) Fools Crow fears the bad luck that Four Bear's death may bring to the Pikunis.
(b) Fools Crow does not know if he can believe the Napikwan scout's story, as it is well known that the Napikwans lie.
(c) It bothers him that the man known as Four Bears was killed.
(d) It bothers him that Fast Horse might be with Owl Child, who he feels is a bad man.

8. Eagle's Rib's dream of the horse of death with the reins dragging and White Man's Dog's dream of the white-faced girl in the death lodge are both fulfilled by what plot development?
(a) The return of Yellow Kidney to the Lone Eaters.
(b) The purifying ceremony of Mik-api.
(c) The arival of the young Pikunis men with the Napikwans horses.
(d) The banishment of Fast Horse from the Lone Eaters.

9. Who is the main protagonist in this story around whose life this story revolves?
(a) Mik-api.
(b) Rides-at-the-Door.
(c) White Man's Dog.
(d) Fast Horse.

10. What new name does White Man's Dog receive after receiving war honors from his participation in a horse raid?
(a) Fools Crow.
(b) Man-Who-Kills-Chief.
(c) Napikwans
(d) Fast Horse.

11. What lone rider goes to Fools Crow at the beginning of Chapter 16, and what injury does he suffer?
(a) Owl Child, who has been tortured by the Napikwans.
(b) Fast Horse, who has fallen from his horse and has a head injury.
(c) Fast Horse, who has been shot by the Napiwans.
(d) Owl Child, who has a badly burned hand and may lose his fingers.

12. How does Red Paint feel about her husband going to war with the war party?
(a) She is confident that he will bring honor to the family.
(b) She wants him to go so he can get revenge for Yellow Kidney's mutilation.
(c) She is scared and does not want him to go.
(d) She is nervous, but proud that he is going.

13. What does White Man's Dog sing as he rides into Bull Shield's camp?
(a) White Man's Dog sings his power song.
(b) White Man's Dog sings his death song.
(c) White Man's Dog sings his victory song.
(d) White Man's Dog sings his battle cry.

14. How many nights does White Man's Dog have his dream?
(a) Three nights.
(b) Four nights.
(c) One night.
(d) Two nights.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Fast Horse go with all his belongings?

2. How does the author foreshadow that Fast Horse will bring bad fortune to the Pikunis?

3. What does Raven want Fools Crow to do about the evil Napikwan hunter, and why?

4. What is credited as the power that has helped the injured man to recover?

5. What do Red Paint and White Man's Dog plan to name their baby?

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