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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 is outside of Running Fisher's lodge, eavesdropping on lovemaking sounds?
2. Why does Mik-api feel his recurrent dream is incomplete?
3. Who is in charge of Indian Policy for the Napikwan government?
4. What problem does Fast Horse voice to Owl Child?
5. What is Red Paint worried about in Chapter 22?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. 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?
3. What is Fools Crow thinking and feeling as he looks at the scalp of Bull Shied?
4. Describe the thoughts and feelings of Yellow Kidney before, during and after he decides to leave the Lone Eater camp.
5. How does Fools Crow help Red Paint's youngest brother conquer his fears and nightmares about the rabid wolf who bit him?
6. Even though the Lone Eaters trust this white healer, why don't they agree to follow his advice?
7. Why is Fools Crow's mother angry with him as she fixes food for her guests?
8. Describe what Fools Crow sees or does not see in the water of the place he is lead to in his dream.
9. Why doesn't Fast Horse return to the Lone Eaters himself?
10. What advice and hope does Feather Woman give to Fools Crow after he sees the designs on the skin come to life?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the use of imagery in Fools Crow. How did it enrich the reading experience? How did it help to paint a mental picture of the Pikunis culture? What techniques of imagery were most prevalent, or do you think the majority of the imagery used was descriptive without the use of such literary devises as metaphore, simile, personification, anthropomorphism, alliteration and irony?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Expound upon the role of honor in this story - is it a theme or a concept of society, or both?
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