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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. How does Fast Horse identify the body?

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

3. Who says, "You Fast Horse, you have become the heartless insect, for you would betray your own people"?

4. How should Fools Crow dress for this trip, according to Nitsokan?

5. What does Fast Horse see on the skin after he wakes up?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the significance of the thrashing wings that Fools Crow hears when he wakes in the woman's dwelling?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore the theme of relationships within the context of the novel, Fools Crow. How did the relationship between Fools Crow and Fast Horse develop and change? How did the relationship between Yellow Kidney and his family develop and change? How did the relationship between the Napikwan and the Pikunis develop and change?

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

Fast Horse did not choose to follow the path of the Beaver Medicine. Fools Crow did not become bitter with the Napikwan and want to follow Owl Child. How do you think the story would have been different if Fast Horse was the protagonist who stayed with the Lone Eaters, and Fools Crow were the antagonist who challenged him?

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