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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Margaret say is the father of Lydia and Evie?
(a) A Japanese surgeon.
(b) Charles Bad Holy MacLeod.
(c) Herod Small War.
(d) A Canadian Indian who has died.

2. Who carries off the young man?
(a) The men of the tribe.
(b) A reservation dog.
(c) A coyote the size of a pony.
(d) Red Dress.

3. When does Anna meet Clive?
(a) While they are both in the Army.
(b) In a nursing home.
(c) Shortly after he is discharged from the Army.
(d) In elementary school.

4. Who does Margaret refuse to let in her house?
(a) Mercury.
(b) Herod.
(c) The Catholic priest.
(d) The shaman.

5. How does Josephine change Alberta's look?
(a) She does her nails.
(b) She gives her a perm.
(c) She adds curls and makeup.
(d) She buys her a new dress.

6. What is a Yuwipi medicine man?
(a) One who finds lost things, people, or even answers to questions.
(b) One who heals those who are ill.
(c) A man who puts spells on those that break tribal law.
(d) A witch.

7. Why is Mercury confined to a wheelchair?
(a) She is in an automobile accident.
(b) She is pretending to be crippled.
(c) She has arthritis.
(d) She has multiple sclerosis.

8. What does Clive do when he finds out Anna is pregnant?
(a) He slaps her.
(b) He cries.
(c) He hugs her.
(d) He hits himself.

9. Why do the early Native Americans believe what the priests say about heaven?
(a) What the priest say is the truth.
(b) The priests are kind.
(c) They are awestruck by the music of the pianao aboard the steamboat.
(d) They fear the priests.

10. About what does Henry hallucinate?
(a) Red Dress.
(b) His girlfriend.
(c) Ghosts of Sioux are speaking to him in the old tongue.
(d) Flowers in a field.

11. What happens to this character when he eats the corn soup?
(a) It makes him dizzy.
(b) He gets violently ill.
(c) He is quite amenable to climbing to the roof and hanging the lights.
(d) He loves it.

12. Who does Herod say is crazy?
(a) Josephine's friend, Alberta.
(b) Frank.
(c) Alberta's friend, Josephine Fredericks.
(d) Archie.

13. How does Charlene feel about Pumpkin's interest in Harley?
(a) She is excited for her.
(b) She is happy.
(c) She is disturbed.
(d) She is unsure.

14. What do the sisters do after their mother's death?
(a) They wash and paint her face in the old way.
(b) They say a Catholic prayer.
(c) They take her body to the shaman.
(d) They bury her in the Catholic tradition.

15. Who is Henry's girlfriend?
(a) Cara Layden.
(b) Charlene Thunder.
(c) Jeanette McVay.
(d) Nancy Drew.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens the more Jeannette assimilates the Sioux culture into her life?

2. Why is Lloyd taunting Henry?

3. Why does Margaret wake in the middle of the night?

4. Why does Crystal protect the turtle amulet?

5. What does Harley tell Pumpkin about his soul?

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