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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 happens to the designs painted on the skin by the woman that Fools Crow now realizes is the legendary So-at sa-ki, Feather Woman, after she leaves the scroll by Fools Crow?

2. Who visits the Lone Eaters' camp in Chapters 25-26?

3. What does Fools Crow see when the ranch comes into view?

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

5. What does Fast Horse trust his dream helper to do for his horse?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Fools Crow thinking and feeling as he looks at the scalp of Bull Shied?

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

Expound upon the theme of Change and Loss in the novel, Fools Crow. This is arguably the most recurrent theme in the book. Look at the theme as it relates to Fools Crow and the Lone Eaters, as it relates to Fast Horse and his association with Owl Child and his band, and as it relates to the Napikwans.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about how each of these conflict types are represented in the novel, Fools Crow. Does one of these emerge as the main conflict of the story, or are they all of equal importance?

a) Man vs. Man: he struggles against another person or group of people (usually against the antagonist, but not always).

b) Man vs. Self: two elements within himself struggle for mastery.

c) Man vs. Society: he struggles against society as a force, society being the rules, regulations, morals and/or beliefs common to a particular people.

d) Man vs. Nature: he struggles against forces of nature, such as storms, wind, fire, cold, heat, etc.

e) Man vs. Machine: he struggles against machines.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the irony and the tragedy of Yellow Kidney's death. How do you think the story would have been affected if Yellow Kidney had not died in this way?

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