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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. What does Fools Crow see when the ranch comes into view?
2. From Owl Child's lookout, who does Fast Horse recognize approaching?
3. Why won't the power help him now?
4. What news do the visitors bring to the Lone Eaters' camp?
5. What does the land that Fools Crow sees in his dream look like?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the thoughts and feelings of Yellow Kidney before, during and after he decides to leave the Lone Eater camp.
2. What do the Pikunis ask of the seizers when told of the spread of small pox, and what do the seizers reply?
3. What does Fast Horse suggest Fools Crow tell his father when he returns to the Lone Eater Camp?
4. Even though the Lone Eaters trust this white healer, why don't they agree to follow his advice?
5. What happens to Yellow Kidney while he is taking shelter in the war lodge, and does he see it coming?
6. How does Fools Crow discover the new land in his dream during his seven-day journey?
7. Describe who the man is that Fast Horse wants to kill.
8. What is strange and incomplete about the dream Mik-api has for three nights that confuses him?
9. What do Owl Child and Fast Horse do at the ranch of the Napikwan?
10. What is Fools Crow thinking and feeling as he looks at the scalp of Bull Shied?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the irony and the tragedy of Yellow Kidney's death. How do you think the story would have been affected if Yellow Kidney had not died in this way?
Essay Topic 2
Today, many believe that our treatment of the Native Americans of this country was not fair. Do you think we treated the Blackfoot that were represented by this novel in a fair manner? Was everything about the treatment of the Native American unfair, or were there attempts to be fair? What has shifted our perceptions? Where do you stand on the issue?
Essay Topic 3
Expound upon the role of honor in this story - is it a theme or a concept of society, or both?
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