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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 does Fast Horse do when he and Owl Child arrive at the war lodge?

2. Why would the Lone Eaters trust the information the Napikwan healer brings?

3. What punishment does Rides-at-the-door decide to impose on Kills-close-to-the-lake?

4. What cure does the Napikwan healer tell the Lone Eaters about?

5. Where does Kills-close-to-the-lake go when she slips out of her mother's dinner gathering?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Pikunis ask of the seizers when told of the spread of small pox, and what do the seizers reply?

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

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

4. What do Owl Child and Fast Horse do at the ranch of the Napikwan?

5. When the Pikunis chiefs meet for council, what do they decide to do about the white healer's warning and the seizers' demands?

6. Describe the thoughts and feelings of Yellow Kidney before, during and after he decides to leave the Lone Eater camp.

7. 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?

8. Describe what Fools Crow sees or does not see in the water of the place he is lead to in his dream.

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

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

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

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 3

Discuss the phrase, "the price of freedom" as it would relate to the story of Fools Crow. Who is free in this story? Who is not free? Who is losing freedom? What are the Pikunis willing to do to preserve their freedom? What are the Napikwans willing to do to preserve their freedom?

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