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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Cuyloga does not want True Son to struggle for what reason?
(a) Cuyloga is planning a rescue mission.
(b) True Son will adjust to white life more easily this way.
(c) Cuyloga does not want True Son anymore.
(d) The white man might scalp True Son.

2. Where does True Son sleep on his first night in the Butler house?
(a) By the fireplace.
(b) In the backyard.
(c) In a spare bedroom with Del.
(d) In Gordie's room.

3. What does Del order True Son to do?
(a) Shake his father's hand.
(b) Tell his father hi.
(c) Hug his father.
(d) Wear the coat his father gives him.

4. What does True Son immediately do when he sees his white father?
(a) True Son runs to attack his white father.
(b) True Son begins to cry.
(c) True Son compares him to Cuyloga.
(d) True Son tries to escape.

5. What was used to bind True son's hands?
(a) Green willow branches.
(b) Strands of braided horse hair.
(c) Rope that the guards brought with them.
(d) Strips of buffalo hide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What spell did True Son's Indian father perform on him?

2. What does Mrs. Butler say that True Son will have to do if he does not say the name that he was born with?

3. Who is the author of this book?

4. What does True Son do after his father leaves the white camp?

5. How was a dispute settled when more than one person claimed to be the relative of a returned captive?

Short Essay Questions

1. Uncle George tells True Son that they have taken the law into their own hands for what reason?

2. How does Uncle Wilse react to being asked if a man who murdered his wife and children is his brother?

3. True Son sees a tree on the march from the camp. Describe the tree and explain what it means to True Son.

4. Describe True Son's first meeting with his mother.

5. What is the Peshtank story?

6. When Cuyloga leaves True Son in the white's camp, True Son thinks about his home in the tribe. How does he remember it?

7. What does True Son tell his father about the Susquehanna River?

8. Half Arrow presents True Son with gifts. What are they and what messages do they hold?

9. There is one thing that the white soldiers do that Little Crane, True Son, and Half Arrow have seen the white soldiers doing and hope they continue to do so. What is it and why?

10. Describe how True Son is dressed when brought into camp and why, according to Del's point of view.

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