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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. Why would the author use so much Native American terminology in this story?
2. What losses do the Pikunis suffer as a result of the battle at Bull Shield's camp?
3. Which statement best describes the consensus of the men after discussing the present situation of the Pikunis and the Napikwans?
4. Who of the three who ventured into the heart of the Crow camp is the first to catch up to White Man's Dog?
5. Why does White Man's Dog blame himself for Yellow Kidney's disfigurement?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when Yellow Kidney and the raiding party try to find the stream from Fast Horse's dream?
2. 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?
3. Boss Ribs asks Fools Crow what changed his son. What does Fools Crow tell him?
4. How does White Man's Dog manage to kill Bull Shield?
5. 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?
6. According to ancient legend, how did So-at-sa-ki come to be banished to earth?
7. Describe White Man's Dog's recurring dream in Chapter 3.
8. Who does Yellow Kidney assign to the tasks that the raiding party will perform at the Crow camp?
9. Describe Yellow Kidney's return to the Lone Eater's camp.
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Explore the theme of relationships within the context of the novel, Fools Crow. How did the relationship between Fools Crow and Fast Horse develop and change? How did the relationship between Yellow Kidney and his family develop and change? How did the relationship between the Napikwan and the Pikunis develop and change?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay on the loss of innocence in Fools Crow. What events marked the loss of innocence in Fools Crow, Fast Horse, and the son of the white trader? What other characters suffered a loss of innocence? Did the Pikunis culture suffer a loss of innocence?
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