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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 has Yellow Kidney reacted to his disfigurement since he has returned home to the Lone Eaters?

2. What does White Man's Dog see in his dream just before he wakes up?

3. In Part 1, Chapters 1 and 2, what theme is being introduced through the encroachment of the Napikwans, the development of the characters, and is further emphasized through the point of view of Rides-at-the Door?

4. What is it about White Man's Dog that Yellow Kidney likes in spite of his unlucky reputation?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is White Man's Dog uncomfortable with his new name, Fools Crow?

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

3. Describe White Man's Dog's recurring dream in Chapter 3.

4. What discussion is sparked when Fools Crow tells the Lone Eater camp that he has killed a Napikwan hunter?

5. What factors concern Red Paint that cause her to plead with White Man's dog not to go with the war party, and how does White Man's Dog respond?

6. What is the purpose of the war party?

7. What troubling dream does Eagle Ribs relate to the raiding party as they wait for Fast Horse and Yellow Kidney to catch up?

8. 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?

9. Describe White Man's Dog as he was introduced in the first two chapters of this book.

10. According to ancient legend, how did So-at-sa-ki come to be banished to earth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the use of imagery in Fools Crow. How did it enrich the reading experience? How did it help to paint a mental picture of the Pikunis culture? What techniques of imagery were most prevalent, or do you think the majority of the imagery used was descriptive without the use of such literary devises as metaphore, simile, personification, anthropomorphism, alliteration and irony?

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

How are the elements of plot (inciting incident, the rising action, the climax, the falling action, and resolution) revealed in this novel? Support your contention of which chapter represents the climax. What is the resolution of this story?

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