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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. What does Fast horse see and do when he wakes up?

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

4. What does Fools Crow find when he rides to the ranch house?

5. What does Fools Crow do to help One Spot get rid of his nightmares?

Short Essay Questions

1. Even though the Lone Eaters trust this white healer, why don't they agree to follow his advice?

2. 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?

3. What happens after killing the whiskey runners that shows that Fast Horse may be changing and becoming concerned for his people after all?

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

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

6. What happens to Yellow Kidney while he is taking shelter in the war lodge, and does he see it coming?

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

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

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

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

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

Write an essay on the loss of innocence in Fools Crow. What events marked the loss of innocence in Fools Crow, Fast Horse, and the son of the white trader? What other characters suffered a loss of innocence? Did the Pikunis culture suffer a loss of innocence?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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