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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. Where does True Son tell Del that he is going?
(a) "The Indian resting grounds."
(b) "A place of much meanness and bad stenches."
(c) "A place where you can't tramp me with your big foot."
(d) "The place where the river joins the sky,"

2. How does True son plan killing himself?
(a) By drinking too much fire water.
(b) By stealing Del's gun.
(c) By eating the root of a May apple.
(d) By falling on a knife.

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

4. On the trail the soldiers take from camp, what sign does True Son see, symbolizing his will to go home?
(a) An animal that has died in the path.
(b) An arrow from his father's bow.
(c) A tree, with one live and one dead branch.
(d) An albino deer.

5. Who does True Son know that killed himself?
(a) Del.
(b) Runs Fast..
(c) Make Daylight.
(d) Cuyloga.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was used to bind True son's hands?

2. How does True Son believe that he came to live in an Indian tribe?

3. What made True Son forget about killing himself?

4. Cuyloga does not want True Son to struggle for what reason?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Little Crain thinks that the white people act strange for what reason?

2. How does True Son compare his white father to Cuyloga?

3. Explain the reasoning for Cuyloga sending the message for True Son not to resist the whites.

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

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

6. True Son is humiliated because he hides in attempt to avoid going to the whites. How is he humiliated?

7. True Son envisions how his funeral will be when he kills himself. Describe his vision.

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

9. True Son feels that he has been imprisoned in three ways. What are they?

10. Compare/contrast Del Hardy's reaction to seeing Fort Pitt to True Son's reaction to the same.

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