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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Heavy Shield Woman?
(a) Fast Horse's mother.
(b) Eagle Rib's daughter.
(c) Yellow Kidney's wife.
(d) White Man's Dog's sister.

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

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

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

5. What does White Man's Dog want that he feels will increase his value as a prospective husband?
(a) A new name.
(b) A horse.
(c) A beaded vest.
(d) A "many-shots-gun."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does White Man's Dog daydream about that makes him feel shame?

2. What structure does White Man's Dog enter in his dream?

3. Which of the Pikunis go into the heart of the Crow camp?

4. Who of the three who ventured into the heart of the Crow camp is the first to catch up to White Man's Dog?

5. Who becomes Mik-api's apprentice in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe White Man's Dog's recurring dream in Chapter 3.

2. Who are the seizers and why have they come to talk with the Lone Eaters?

3. Who are Running Fisher and Rides-at-the-door, and what disturbing news do they bring the others in Chapter 9?

4. How does White Man's Dog manage to kill Bull Shield?

5. When White Man's Dog marries Red Paint, her father, Yellow Kidney, gives White Man's Dog his many-shots-gun as a wedding present. Why is this particularly significant to White Man's Dog?

6. White Man's Dog was not with Yellow Kidney in the heart of the Crow camp, so why does he feel responsible for Yellow Kidney's capture and mutilation?

7. In Mik-api's dream, what will Raven give to White Man's Dog if he finds and releases the wolverine caught in the Napikwan trap?

8. According to ancient legend, how did So-at-sa-ki come to be banished to earth?

9. Why do White Man's Dog and Fast Horse plan to build a sweat lodge?

10. How does the war party react to the solar eclipse on the fourth day out?

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