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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. True Son tells himself that he will have to listen to whose counsel from now on?
(a) His own.
(b) Little Crain's bride.
(c) His white father.
(d) Del's.

2. How was a dispute settled when more than one person claimed to be the relative of a returned captive?
(a) A hearing was given.
(b) The captive was asked to choose.
(c) The captain chose.
(d) They fought for it.

3. What keeps True Son awake on his first night in the Butler house?
(a) Not being able to sleep outside.
(b) His little brother won't stop talking.
(c) The sound of Del snoring.
(d) Being surrounded by his enemies.

4. What is True Son's white father's first name?
(a) Sam.
(b) John.
(c) Gordon.
(d) Harry.

5. Who tells True Son that they will soon meet a river?
(a) Little Crain.
(b) The Mohawk.
(c) Del.
(d) The Arapaho.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Butlers originally name True Son?

2. True Son feels that the soldiers prove that they have learned from the Indians when they do what?

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

4. What does True Son imagine that his family will leave with his body after he is dead?

5. A body was found near camp one morning. Little Crane suspects that the soldiers did it. Who was killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does True Son think about the white village that the party camps near?

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

3. True Son is surprised that he must go with the whites, even though he know that his tribe must give up all white prisoners. Why is he surprised?

4. What makes True Son feel worse after he leaves Fort Pitt and why?

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

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

7. Describe Fort Pitt as Del Hardy sees it.

8. What are some of the things that the white soldiers do that True Son, Little Crane, and Half Arrow think are strange?

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

10. What is the Peshtank story?

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