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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 are "whiskey runners"?

2. What does Owl Child want to do now that his grudge with Four Bears has been settled?

3. What does Fools Crow look at as he ponders the situation they are in with the Napikwans and the white scab disease?

4. What is the "Medicine Line?"

5. What is Red Paint worried about in Chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

1. A white healer comes to the Lone Eaters' camp to warn of the smallpox. Why would the Pikunis believe anything a white man has to say?

2. What happens when Owl Child spots whiskey runners?

3. How does Fast Horse's reaction to finding Yellow Kidney's body show he is beginning to regret the path he has chosen with Owl Child?

4. How does Fools Crow discover the new land in his dream during his seven-day journey?

5. How does Fools Crow help Red Paint's youngest brother conquer his fears and nightmares about the rabid wolf who bit him?

6. What is strange and incomplete about the dream Mik-api has for three nights that confuses him?

7. What are the three demands the seizers make of the Pikunis when they meet with General Sully?

8. What advice and hope does Feather Woman give to Fools Crow after he sees the designs on the skin come to life?

9. How is Yellow Kidney's body delivered back to his people?

10. How are Running Fisher and Kills-close-to-the-lake related and what is their current relationship?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Point of view can change whole story. Most of the conflict with the Napikwan in this novel were from the perspective of the Pikunis. Certainly, the demands of the seizers, which were ultimately rejected by the Piknunis, were seen through the eyes of the Pikunis.

Revisit the meeting from which we received the three main seizer demands: General Sully, who was trying to negotiate an agreement that would guarantee the safety of his people. Write a scene within the fort with General Sully and his advisors as they discussed the problems and dangers they were experiencing with the Blackfoot and developing their list of demands.

Essay Topic 2

Explore the theme of Dreams in Fools Crow. Did their belief and faith in dreams enrich their lives or limit and endanger their lives? Were they helpful in dealing with the Napikwan? Were they helpful in dealing with the white scab disease? What would the story have been like if there had been no dreams?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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