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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. Fools Crow asks Fast Horse why he has changed. What is Fast Horse's response?

2. What does Fools Crow discover while hunting that angers him?

3. Who is Nitsokan?

4. What news do the visitors bring to the Lone Eaters' camp?

5. What is the white scab disease?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

9. 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?

10. What does Fast Horse find in the war lodge while Owl Child stays with the horses, and how does he know who it is?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Expound upon the role of honor in this story - is it a theme or a concept of society, or both?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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