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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. Why won't the power help him now?
(a) The power left him because he lost confidence.
(b) He has not done the proper ceremonies and dances.
(c) It cannot cure the white scab disease or rid them of the Napikwans.
(d) Cold Maker took his power because Fast Horse never made good on his promises.

2. What is the woman in the garden doing?
(a) She is dancing.
(b) She is planting seeds.
(c) She is digging turnips.
(d) She is singing a song of mourning.

3. How should Fools Crow dress for this trip, according to Nitsokan?
(a) He should dress for winter.
(b) He should dress like a warior.
(c) He should dress like a beggar.
(d) He should dress in his ceremonial robes.

4. Who is outside of Running Fisher's lodge, eavesdropping on lovemaking sounds?
(a) The Sun Chief.
(b) Striped Face.
(c) White Grass Woman.
(d) Kills-close-to-the-lake.

5. What is Yellow Kidney thinking about when he is killed?
(a) He is thinking of his unborn grandson.
(b) He is thinking about how his life is like that of an old man.
(c) He is thinking about how to avoid being killed.
(d) He is thinking of his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. After rejoining Owl Child and his band, what does Fast Horse tell them he wants?

2. Which of Boss Ribs' children die of the white scab disease?

3. In his next dream, what does a dog show Fools Crow?

4. What happens to the designs painted on the skin by the woman that Fools Crow now realizes is the legendary So-at sa-ki, Feather Woman, after she leaves the scroll by Fools Crow?

5. What does Fools Crow do to help One Spot get rid of his nightmares?

Short Essay Questions

1. A white healer comes to the Lone Eaters' camp to warn of the smallpox. Why would the Pikunis believe anything a white man has to say?

2. Describe the thoughts and feelings of Yellow Kidney before, during and after he decides to leave the Lone Eater camp.

3. What do the Pikunis ask of the seizers when told of the spread of small pox, and what do the seizers reply?

4. What happens when Fools Crow catches up to Fast Horse and tries to talk to him about his association with Owl Child and his killing of the rancher?

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

6. Describe what Fools Crow sees or does not see in the water of the place he is lead to in his dream.

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

8. Why doesn't Fast Horse return to the Lone Eaters himself?

9. What is the significance of the thrashing wings that Fools Crow hears when he wakes in the woman's dwelling?

10. What happens when Owl Child spots whiskey runners?

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