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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 events make Red Paint question the fairness of fate?
2. What goes wrong with Fools Crow's plan to expose the white hunter?
3. How has Yellow Kidney reacted to his disfigurement since he has returned home to the Lone Eaters?
4. Why does the brave, White Man's Dog, fear that no woman will find him attractive as a husband?
5. What does Fools Crow do with the injured rider that approached him at the beginning of Chapter 16?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when Yellow Kidney and the raiding party try to find the stream from Fast Horse's dream?
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. What discussion is sparked when Fools Crow tells the Lone Eater camp that he has killed a Napikwan hunter?
4. Why do White Man's Dog and Fast Horse plan to build a sweat lodge?
5. Describe White Man's Dog as he was introduced in the first two chapters of this book.
6. Describe White Man's Dog's recurring dream in Chapter 3.
7. Describe Fast Horse's power dream in Chapter 3.
8. What techniques does the author use to introduce the reader to the Pikuni culture?
9. Where does Fast Horse decide to go upon his recovery, and why?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Expound upon the theme of Change and Loss in the novel, Fools Crow. This is arguably the most recurrent theme in the book. Look at the theme as it relates to Fools Crow and the Lone Eaters, as it relates to Fast Horse and his association with Owl Child and his band, and as it relates to the Napikwans.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay about how each of these conflict types are represented in the novel, Fools Crow. Does one of these emerge as the main conflict of the story, or are they all of equal importance?
a) Man vs. Man: he struggles against another person or group of people (usually against the antagonist, but not always).
b) Man vs. Self: two elements within himself struggle for mastery.
c) Man vs. Society: he struggles against society as a force, society being the rules, regulations, morals and/or beliefs common to a particular people.
d) Man vs. Nature: he struggles against forces of nature, such as storms, wind, fire, cold, heat, etc.
e) Man vs. Machine: he struggles against machines.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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