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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's arms were free to attack Del for what reason?
(a) Because he had been behaving himself.
(b) To enable him to carry his pack above water.
(c) True Son asks to be allowed to hug his cousing farwell.
(d) Half Arrow has cut the bindings loose.

2. True Son thinks that all white people look the same. Who is the one white who stands out to True Son?
(a) Uncle Charlie.
(b) Aunt Catherine.
(c) Cousin Alec.
(d) Uncle Wilse.

3. The whites immediately start lifting the clothes of the returned captives. Why?
(a) They are curious about the clothes.
(b) They are looking for birthmarks.
(c) They do not approve of the Indian garnments.
(d) They are making fun of the sewing.

4. What does True Son believe that his tribe will say about him committing suicide?
(a) That he triumphed over his enemies.
(b) That he died to early.
(c) That he brings shame to his father's name.
(d) That he was a coward.

5. Why does True Son vow to kill the red-haired guard?
(a) He laughed at him.
(b) He insulted his Indian ways.
(c) He spit on him.
(d) He hit him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Del says that he has been ordered to accompany True Son and his father for what reason?

2. Why is Half Arrow surprised at True Son's appearance?

3. Why does Del speak the native language and understand the culture better than the other guards?

4. True Son's Indian father tells his son to go like an Indian and give him no more shame. What did he mean by this?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Fort Pitt as True Son sees it.

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

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

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

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

6. What did the spell that Cuyloga placed on True Son do?

7. What is the Peshtank story?

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

9. When Del and True Son are arguing about whether True Son is white or Indian, True Son holds out his arm and says, "You call this White?" How does Del try to counter this argument?

10. Why did Half Arrow stop marching with True son at night?

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