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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 losses do the Pikunis suffer as a result of the battle at Bull Shield's camp?

2. Whose idea is it to stage a horse raid on the Crows?

3. How does White Man's Dog kill Bull Shield?

4. What does White Man's Dog sing as he rides into Bull Shield's camp?

5. Which of the following characteristics is revealed by the way Fast Horse handles and reacts to his dreams?

Short Essay Questions

1. When White Man's Dog tells his parents that he wants to take Red Paint as his wife, his father is concerned. Why is this?

2. What is the purpose of the war party?

3. In Mik-api's dream, what will Raven give to White Man's Dog if he finds and releases the wolverine caught in the Napikwan trap?

4. Who are the seizers and why have they come to talk with the Lone Eaters?

5. What does Boss Ribs do to help his son, Fast Horse, recover from his gunshot wound that he hopes will persuade Fast Horse to stay with the Lone Eaters?

6. When White Man's Dog marries Red Paint, her father, Yellow Kidney, gives White Man's Dog his many-shots-gun as a wedding present. Why is this particularly significant to White Man's Dog?

7. Who does Yellow Kidney assign to the tasks that the raiding party will perform at the Crow camp?

8. White Man's Dog was not with Yellow Kidney in the heart of the Crow camp, so why does he feel responsible for Yellow Kidney's capture and mutilation?

9. Why do White Man's Dog and Fast Horse plan to build a sweat lodge?

10. Why is Fast Horse attracted to Owl Child's band?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the seven day journey of Fools Crow that was inspired by Nitsokan. What was going on? Why did Fools Crow need to make this journey? What was revealed to him? How did this influence his thinking in the final chapters of this book?

Essay Topic 2

Point of view can change whole story. Most of the conflict with the Napikwan in this novel were from the perspective of the Pikunis. Certainly, the demands of the seizers, which were ultimately rejected by the Piknunis, were seen through the eyes of the Pikunis.

Revisit the meeting from which we received the three main seizer demands: General Sully, who was trying to negotiate an agreement that would guarantee the safety of his people. Write a scene within the fort with General Sully and his advisors as they discussed the problems and dangers they were experiencing with the Blackfoot and developing their list of demands.

Essay Topic 3

Fast Horse did not choose to follow the path of the Beaver Medicine. Fools Crow did not become bitter with the Napikwan and want to follow Owl Child. How do you think the story would have been different if Fast Horse was the protagonist who stayed with the Lone Eaters, and Fools Crow were the antagonist who challenged him?

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