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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. Who or what is the Napikwans?
2. What happens when White Man's Dog tries to talk to Fast Horse about the possibility that Cold Maker could be holding Yellow Kidney until Fast Horse fulfills his vow?
3. What does the author achieve by opening Chapter 3 from Yellow Kidney's point of view?
4. What does Fools Crow do with the injured rider that approached him at the beginning of Chapter 16?
5. Why is Fool's Crow uncomfortable with his new name?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What discussion is sparked when Fools Crow tells the Lone Eater camp that he has killed a Napikwan hunter?
3. What troubling dream does Eagle Ribs relate to the raiding party as they wait for Fast Horse and Yellow Kidney to catch up?
4. Boss Ribs asks Fools Crow what changed his son. What does Fools Crow tell him?
5. Why is Fast Horse attracted to Owl Child's band?
6. 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?
7. Why is White Man's Dog uncomfortable with his new name, Fools Crow?
8. What secret does Raven promise to keep for Fools Crow, and why?
9. What does Boss Ribs do to help his son, Fast Horse, recover from his gunshot wound that he hopes will persuade Fast Horse to stay with the Lone Eaters?
10. Fools Crow does not want to kill a white man as Raven asks, but is finally convinced to comply for what reason?
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
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?
Essay Topic 3
What can be learned by examining the names of the Pikuni? How does the selection process of choosing Pikunis names differ from how we choose names? Is there a closer parallel between Pikunis names and our nicknames? How so?
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