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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 visits the Lone Eaters' camp in Chapters 25-26?

2. Which would best describe the losses suffered by the Lone Eater camp from the white scab disease?

3. What is the woman in the garden doing?

4. What does Fast Horse find there?

5. What event does Fools Crow remember in Chapter 28 that did make him feel he had power?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. What happens when Fools Crow catches up to Fast Horse and tries to talk to him about his association with Owl Child and his killing of the rancher?

5. Describe the devastation in the Lone Eaters camp after thirteen days of the small pox disease.

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

7. What happens when Owl Child spots whiskey runners?

8. What does Fast Horse suggest Fools Crow tell his father when he returns to the Lone Eater Camp?

9. Describe who the man is that Fast Horse wants to kill.

10. How does the author introduce hope into the devastation that has forced the Lone Eaters to begin the journey toward the Sand Hills that gives this book its bitter-sweet ending?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

White Man's Dog and Fast Horse are the two main characters of this book.

1) Compare and contrast the boys, Fast Horse and White Man's Dog, in the early chapters of this book. Which appeared to be destined to be a leader? Which appeared to be the weaker one?

2) What were the major turning points that propelled White Man's Dog to be the man of honor and tradition, while Fast Horse abandoned the ways of his people and chose another path?

3) Compare and contrast Fools Crow and Fast Horse toward the end of the story. Is there hope for Fast Horse to become an honorable man?

Essay Topic 3

A minor theme of betrayal was also intertwined in this novel. What constitutes betrayal, and how is this portrayed in Fools Crow? In what ways do the Pikunis as a people feel betrayed? In what ways do individual characters in the story feel betrayed? Was there or can there be any restitution for betrayal?

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