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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 events make Red Paint question the fairness of fate?
3. Whose boastful recklessness worries Yellow Kidney because it could bring trouble to the raiding party's success?
4. What does Fast Horse vow to do to appease Cold Maker, whom they have offended?
5. What does White Man's Dog do for Yellow Kidney's lodge in his absence?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe White Man's Dog as he was introduced in the first two chapters of this book.
2. What secret does Raven promise to keep for Fools Crow, and why?
3. 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?
4. What discussion is sparked when Fools Crow tells the Lone Eater camp that he has killed a Napikwan hunter?
5. What is the purpose of the war party?
6. How does White Man's Dog manage to kill Bull Shield?
7. Who are Running Fisher and Rides-at-the-door, and what disturbing news do they bring the others in Chapter 9?
8. Describe Fast Horse as he in introduced in the first two chapters of this book.
9. What techniques does the author use to introduce the reader to the Pikuni culture?
10. Why does Three Bears think the riders who enter the Lone Eater's camp at the beginning of Chapter 7 have probably stolen the horses they have with them?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Expound upon the role of honor in this story - is it a theme or a concept of society, or both?
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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