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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the great volcanic crater that lay high up on the western slope of the range?
(a) Case Grande
(b) Valle Grande
(c) Volcanic Lake
(d) Rim Grande

2. Who stood up, shouted, and gave the finger to the tank and soldiers who turned and shot at him?
(a) Albino
(b) Abel
(c) Bowker
(d) Ben

3. What did the female eagle in the mating flight carry in her claws as she flew, dropping it to the male?
(a) Worm
(b) Egg
(c) Twigs
(d) Rattlesnake

4. During what month did Tosamah finally visit his grandmother's grave, according to his story?
(a) July
(b) June
(c) August
(d) January

5. When he left, Abel remembered too late to look back in the direction of ___________.
(a) The kiva
(b) The fields
(c) The mountain
(d) The cave

6. What did Milly eventually do for her profession, as Abel remembered as he was lying in pain?
(a) Teacher
(b) Social worker
(c) Banker
(d) Therapist

7. Abel came upon a(n) ___________ house, a small tower of stone built around a pit, hollow and open at the top.
(a) Vision quest
(b) Eagle hunt
(c) Coyote den
(d) Funeral

8. What was the name of Milly and her husband's first child after they got married in California?
(a) Tammy
(b) Felicia
(c) Jennifer
(d) Carrie

9. An old woman named Nicolas teah-whau was a bahkyuah woman and also thought to be a ___________.
(a) Witch
(b) Old medicine woman
(c) Loon
(d) Nun

10. What was the name of Milly's first husband whom she met when she first arrived at her new home?
(a) Abel
(b) Matt
(c) Tom
(d) Mike

11. The ___________ lasted for days, during which time they prayed and made offerings at the holy places they came to.
(a) Fast
(b) Retreat
(c) Sweat
(d) Race

12. Milly decided to come to ____________ when she had the money from her father and from his hard work.
(a) Los Angeles
(b) Chicago
(c) Phoenix
(d) Mexico

13. Who was once considered the best long race runner in the region?
(a) Francisco
(b) Mariano
(c) Vidal
(d) Abel

14. Forming a large __________, the men moved slowly inwards, clapping their hands and picking off their victims.
(a) Circle
(b) Square
(c) V shape
(d) Spiral

15. Who collapses into Francisco's arms, not even recognizing him as he arrives at the bus station?
(a) Tosamah
(b) Abel
(c) Mariano
(d) Vidal

Short Answer Questions

1. Francisco thinks back to the time when he participated in a __________ for the good hunting and the harvests.

2. Tosamah's grandmother was ____________ eight or ten years after the surrender of the Kiowa.

3. How much is Abel paid to cut the wood that Mrs. Martin St. John asks him to cut up for her?

4. When the tasks of #35 were completed, Abel set off to the _________ all by himself to complete his task.

5. To find his grandmother's grave, Tosamah has to walk along the path of the _______________.

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