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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 kind of battle does Ta-Kumsaw wish to fight with Measure?

2. What is Ta-Kumsaw's name in the Northern part of the White state of Appalachee?

3. Where will Alvin and Ta-Kumsaw be by nightfall?

4. Of what did the forest smell?

5. What does Measure reveal to Ta-Kumsaw?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Measure offended that the Red men haven't treated him fairly in the Gatlopp?

2. What is Ta-Kumsaw convinced is the reason for Alvin's grief? What is Taleswapper's argument?

3. What does Alvin know will happen by the third time he tells the story of what happened at Tippy-Canoe?

4. For what reasons does Frederic don the amulet?

5. How do Alvin and Measure differ in the way they view their family?

6. What kinds of options does Measure have? How are these options merely illusions?

7. What do the Reds do when faced with death at the hand of the Whites?

8. How does Mike Fink view life and death? Why isn't he proud of killing Measure?

9. What does Taleswapper have in his bag?

10. Why doesn't Alvin leave when he is feeling so lonely in Ta-Kumsaw's presence?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the decay of the land as predicted by Tenska-Tawa and Ta-Kumsaw. Does it come to pass? How or why not? Are the forest and the land still healthy? How do you know and what information can you offer and cite to support your conclusion?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how myths and legends become more magical over time. What can be attributed to these manipulations of data? How far back in history does fact become intermingled with legend and, therefore, indistinguishable? What kinds of things lead to their indistinguishable nature? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Hoochs' ability as a spark. What is the only thing that keeps him in check? How does this fail to deter him once he is threatened with death if he doesn't comply with Harrison's request? How does this act inevitably bring about Hoochs' demise?

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