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

2. On the trail the soldiers take from camp, what sign does True Son see, symbolizing his will to go home?

3. Where does True Son try to hide from his father?

4. What is the name of True Son's Indian father?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What is the Peshtank story?

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

5. Describe Fort Pitt as Del Hardy sees it.

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

7. The guards are amazed at the outpouring of love and grief for the whites that were given up. Although they are astonished at this, what is it that they can't get over? Why do you think that it surprised them?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does True Son call out a warning to the boat? Do you think that True Son felt the way he did because of Cuyloga's influence, Gordies, something within himself, or a combination? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

What narrative mode is this story written in? Be as specific as possible.

Essay Topic 3

True Son's Indian family and white family have different values and moral standards. Do you think that living with the Butler's changed True Son's values, morals, or beliefs from those at the beginning of the story? What evidence do you see that leads you to your conclusion?

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