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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. Where does Kills-close-to-the-lake go when she slips out of her mother's dinner gathering?
(a) She goes to Running Fisher's lodge.
(b) She follows Fools Crow to find Fast Horse.
(c) She goes to visit Heavy Shield Woman.
(d) She goes to the lake to fish.

2. What surprises Fast Horse about Owl Child's response to his concern?
(a) He is surprised that Owl child laughs at him for worrying.
(b) He is surprised that Owl Child agrees with him.
(c) He is surprised that Owl Child gets angry with him.
(d) He is surprised that Owl Child is not worried about planning for winter.

3. From Owl Child's lookout, who does Fast Horse recognize approaching?
(a) Boss Ribs.
(b) Rides-at-the-rails.
(c) Yellow Kidney.
(d) Fools Crow.

4. What does Fools Crow do to help One Spot get rid of his nightmares?
(a) He hugs and comforts One Spot until he goes back to sleep.
(b) He reminds One Spot that if the wolf visits his dreams it is because he may want to become his dream helper.
(c) He gives him an amulet to wear while he sleeps.
(d) He performs a ritual to banish the nightmares.

5. Which of Boss Ribs' children die of the white scab disease?
(a) His son, Running Fisher.
(b) His oldest son.
(c) Red Paint.
(d) His six-year-old daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Yellow Kidney leaves, what does he hope for his wife?

2. What has happened to Red Paint's youngest brother, One Spot, in Chapter 23?

3. What does Owl Child do at the ranch?

4. What is the "Medicine Line?"

5. What do Fast Horse and Owl Child do to the Napikwan wagons and oxen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the devastation in the Lone Eaters camp after thirteen days of the small pox disease.

2. What happens to Yellow Kidney while he is taking shelter in the war lodge, and does he see it coming?

3. How does the author introduce hope into the devastation that has forced the Lone Eaters to begin the journey toward the Sand Hills that gives this book its bitter-sweet ending?

4. What is Fools Crow thinking and feeling as he looks at the scalp of Bull Shied?

5. What advice and hope does Feather Woman give to Fools Crow after he sees the designs on the skin come to life?

6. What happens when Owl Child spots whiskey runners?

7. How is Yellow Kidney's body delivered back to his people?

8. What is strange and incomplete about the dream Mik-api has for three nights that confuses him?

9. What do Owl Child and Fast Horse do at the ranch of the Napikwan?

10. Even though the Lone Eaters trust this white healer, why don't they agree to follow his advice?

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