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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 are "whiskey runners"?

2. What does Owl Child do at the war lodge?

3. How does the finding of Yellow Kidney further develop the theme of loss and change?

4. What is the "Medicine Line?"

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. Why is Fools Crow's mother angry with him as she fixes food for her guests?

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

7. Why doesn't Fast Horse return to the Lone Eaters himself?

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

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

10. What does Fast Horse suggest Fools Crow tell his father when he returns to the Lone Eater Camp?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore the theme of Dreams in Fools Crow. Did their belief and faith in dreams enrich their lives or limit and endanger their lives? Were they helpful in dealing with the Napikwan? Were they helpful in dealing with the white scab disease? What would the story have been like if there had been no dreams?

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

Write a five-paragraph essay on what you think the Lone Eaters should have done about the Napikwan demands and the threat of smallpox.

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