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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who looked after Abel and the rest of his family because their father left a long time before?
(a) Mariano
(b) Tosamah
(c) Oguin
(d) Francisco

3. Who was armed with a shotgun when they decided to go shoot gray geese?
(a) Ben
(b) No one
(c) Abel
(d) Vidal

4. Who is the old man who is driving his team of old mares along the river in a canyon at the beginning?
(a) Francisco
(b) Tosamah
(c) Vidal
(d) Abel

5. What did the man who was sent off by the Kiowas trying to look for?
(a) Food
(b) Firewood
(c) Weapons
(d) Other tribes

6. Who did the Kiowa surrender to, ending their alliance with the answer to #88 after so many years?
(a) Apache
(b) Comanche
(c) Lakota
(d) US Cavalry

7. Abel dreams of the time he had gone down to the river with __________ to go shooting.
(a) Francisco
(b) Vidal
(c) Mariano
(d) Ben

8. What is the young altar boy told to do quickly before the mass would begin?
(a) Light the candles
(b) Grab the Bible
(c) Comb his hair
(d) Find another altar boy

9. Who is the old Kiowa woman that Tosamah references in his story during the sermon he is giving?
(a) Lilith
(b) Mary
(c) A fictional character
(d) His grandmother

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

11. ____________ father had worked the land for years with little success in doing so.
(a) Ben's
(b) Vidal's
(c) Abel's
(d) Milly's

12. What is in Abel's mouth the next time he wakes up during his time in the ditch?
(a) A piece of bread
(b) Water
(c) Blood
(d) A piece of paper

13. Abel slept with one of ___________ daughter's, even though she dressed and ran away from him when he wanted her again.
(a) Medina's
(b) Tosamah's
(c) Mariano's
(d) Francisco's

14. The Tai-me is the ___________ doll that belonged to the Kiowas from the time the man found the special creature.
(a) Land Fertility
(b) Sun Dance
(c) Water Dance
(d) Rain Dance

15. Tosamah's grandmother was ___________ though she had a great appreciation for language and for stories.
(a) Illiterate
(b) Old
(c) Blind
(d) Deaf

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the grandmother that Tosamah is telling the story about?

2. What was the name of the great volcanic crater that lay high up on the western slope of the range?

3. At one point during his 'escape' from the men following him, Abel rolled himself into the ___________ of a truck.

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

5. What would Fat Josie give to Abel during visits to the house after his mother died?

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