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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 animal does Ta-Kumsaw represent to Hooch?

2. Who has abducted Alvin and Measure?

3. What won't Armor let the people of Vigor Church build?

4. What does Frederic believe is a good way to destabilize America?

5. Where does the white light gather?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is different regarding the way Alvin changes things compared to the way other White men change things?

2. What scares Alvin when he follows the Prophet and why does he do so?

3. Why is there nothing left for Lolla to do?

4. Why doesn't Ta-Kumsaw beat Lolla-Wossiky for drinking, when he beats any other Shaw-Nee for doing so?

5. About what had Hooch and Harrison originally seen eye-to-eye?

6. Why doesn't Ta-Kumsaw kill Harrison?

7. Why does Alvin think he has failed in the Shining Man's request "to make all things whole"? What doesn't he understand?

8. How is Lolla-Wossiky humiliated?

9. What does Harrison attempt to do to Hooch, and what is Hooch's response to this?

10. How is "dying brave" kind of the Reds who catch the Wee-Aw?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the search for a dream beast which Lolla-Wossiky endeavors. Is this a common theme among indigenous peoples? Is the reason for the search a true reason? Cite sources that prove your statements.

Essay Topic 2

What might have occurred had Alvin gone back with Measure and saved him as the torture was occurring? Would this have been more likely to have saved the Reds at Tippy-Canoe? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the different social structures of government between the French and the Americans. Which structure is more efficient and how is it made so? Compare it to the efficiency of present government organizations. Which is the most efficient and how is that determined?

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