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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 is the name of Fred’s 17-year-old son and captain of the Moose?

2. What does Saul say his family leaves the bush in search of in Chapter 4?

3. Shabogeesick told his people that the horse spoke to him and told him of a change that will do what to their lives?

4. Saul feels the world spoke to him, a gift inherited from which of his relatives?

5. In Chapter 3, Saul says that he was how old when every thing he “knew of Indian died” (8)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Arden Little Light at St. Jerome’s?

2. What is Broom-a-Buck described in Chapter 25?

3. Describe Benjamin’s final day.

4. Who joins Saul during his early morning practices and what do they do?

5. What is Saul’s experience on the White River Falcons in Chapter 23?

6. What does Saul vow never to do in front of anyone at St. Jerome’s and how did that make people see him?

7. Why does the family move to Gods Lake in Chapter 5?

8. Where is Saul Indian Horse at the start of the novel and what is he supposed to be doing in order to heal?

9. What happens when Saul’s father and uncles begin bringing home liquor in Chapter 3?

10. What does Saul mean by the spectre that lived in all of the adults, particularly his mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Saul’s relationship with Father Leboutilier and why he was receptive to some of his treatment.

Essay Topic 2

Saul believes he shares his great-grandfather’s gift of having the world speak to him. Analyze the moments throughout Indian Horse when the world spoke to Saul.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing the significance of Saul’s connection with nature.

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