Canyons Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Canyons Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Brennan feel about his father?

2. What will Coyote Runs be doing when the warriors stop?

3. What does Brennan's mother often do in the house?

4. What did Brennan feel when he held his breath when he was first staring at the cottonwoods?

5. What did Bill say they needed to do when they arrived at the springs?

Short Essay Questions

1. How close is Brennan and his father and what happens that hurts his mother?

2. Where does Coyote Runs go after Magpie is shot, what has happened to him and his horse? How does that affect what he does?

3. What kind of school and where is it that Coyote Runs attended and who attended with him?

4. What happens to Coyote Runs in the chaos after the raid?

5. How does Brennan feel about the person driving the van and how does he feel about the kids in it by the time they arrive?

6. In Chapter 3, where is Coyote Runs going and who is he following?

7. What does Brennan do immediately with skull and what is his guess about it?

8. What kind of gun does Coyote Runs have and what will he be doing with the people in question #6?

9. What happens to the group of warriors the day after the raid?

10. What is Coyote Runs told to do on the raid?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Coyote Runs is shot and killed by a white soldier who jokes as he shoots a fourteen-year-old boy in the head. Discuss the following:

1. How do the circumstances demonstrate the tendency of people to dehumanize an enemy? Use examples from Canyons and from other sources to support your answer.

2. Describe ways in which prejudice contributed to Coyote Runs' death.

3. Discuss the ways in which Coyote Runs thoughts demonstrated his prejudice against white people.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Compare/contrast Brennan to Coyote Runs. How are they alike? How are they different? Do you think their differences are mainly due to their era differences or culture?

2. Coyote Runs seems to be connected to Brennan. Do you think the connection would have occurred with anyone who happened to have found his skull? Why or why not?

3. Compare Coyote Runs' life with Brennan's life. How are they similar? How are they different? Use examples from Canyons to illustrate your comparison.

Essay Topic 3

Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?

2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?

3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?

4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.

5. What type of plot do you think Canyons is? Explain your response.

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