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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. Where did Yellow Kidney hide that was a fulfillment of White Man's Dog's dream?
2. Where does Fast Horse go with all his belongings?
3. What is Fools Crow surprised by that Raven knows?
4. What new dream does White Man's Dog have in Chapter 9 that foretells of loss and change that will make the Lone Eaters feel as useless as Yellow Kidney?
5. Does Fools Crow tell the Lone Eater Camp what he did to the Napikwan?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the war party react to the solar eclipse on the fourth day out?
2. Boss Ribs asks Fools Crow what changed his son. What does Fools Crow tell him?
3. Describe Fast Horse as he in introduced in the first two chapters of this book.
4. 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?
5. Why do White Man's Dog and Fast Horse plan to build a sweat lodge?
6. What happens when Yellow Kidney and the raiding party try to find the stream from Fast Horse's dream?
7. What discussion is sparked when Fools Crow tells the Lone Eater camp that he has killed a Napikwan hunter?
8. 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?
9. Who are the seizers and why have they come to talk with the Lone Eaters?
10. Why does Heavy Shield Woman set a place for her missing husband at the meal she prepares for herself, her daughter and her two sons?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the phrase, "the price of freedom" as it would relate to the story of Fools Crow. Who is free in this story? Who is not free? Who is losing freedom? What are the Pikunis willing to do to preserve their freedom? What are the Napikwans willing to do to preserve their freedom?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
A minor theme of betrayal was also intertwined in this novel. What constitutes betrayal, and how is this portrayed in Fools Crow? In what ways do the Pikunis as a people feel betrayed? In what ways do individual characters in the story feel betrayed? Was there or can there be any restitution for betrayal?
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