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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 happens to Fools Crow after he and Red Paint have been away from camp for 18 days?
2. What does Yellow Kidney report that Fast Horse did when Yellow Kidney was leading Bull Shield's horse away during the raid that ultimately resulted in his capture?
3. Fast Horse is a young brave who could best be described as follows:
4. What losses do the Pikunis suffer as a result of the battle at Bull Shield's camp?
5. What color horse does Owl Child sit on?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is White Man's Dog uncomfortable with his new name, Fools Crow?
2. 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?
3. Describe Yellow Kidney's return to the Lone Eater's camp.
4. What is the purpose of the war party?
5. What troubling dream does Eagle Ribs relate to the raiding party as they wait for Fast Horse and Yellow Kidney to catch up?
6. Why do White Man's Dog and Fast Horse plan to build a sweat lodge?
7. Why is Fast Horse attracted to Owl Child's band?
8. Describe Fast Horse as he in introduced in the first two chapters of this book.
9. What secret does Raven promise to keep for Fools Crow, and why?
10. What techniques does the author use to introduce the reader to the Pikuni culture?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Yellow Kidney's fingers were cut off, which definitely qualifies as both a disfigurement and a handicap. What challenges does a person with a physical handicap face? Address both physical challenges as well as psychological and emotional challenges.
Essay Topic 2
Foreshadowing was used extensively in the writing style used in the story of Fools Crow. Discuss the events, thoughts and feelings that happened to individual characters in their lives or in their dreams that were a foreshadowing of the difficulties that the Pikunis and the Napikwans would face, or of the impending devastation wrought by the plague of smallpox and its relationship to the theme of Loss and Change.
Essay Topic 3
Today, many believe that our treatment of the Native Americans of this country was not fair. Do you think we treated the Blackfoot that were represented by this novel in a fair manner? Was everything about the treatment of the Native American unfair, or were there attempts to be fair? What has shifted our perceptions? Where do you stand on the issue?
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