The Light in the Forest Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 132 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Light in the Forest Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 132 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 does True Son escape while crossing the river?

2. Why did the Indians give up their whites?

3. Why does Little Crane think that the Great Being gave the whites a Good Book but not the Indians?

4. Cuyloga wants True Son to remember Cuyloga killing what enemy whose tribe is at war with Cuyloga's tribe?

5. What does Half Arrow give to True Son?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Del describes Colonel Bouquet as the peacefullest man but mad as a wolverine. What is meant by this?

3. Describe Fort Pitt as True Son sees it.

4. What is the Peshtank story?

5. 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?

6. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Cuyloga's home as compared to Harry Butler's. What are True Son's feelings towards the two structures? Do you think that the feelings come from the structures themselves, or from the people that they represent?

Essay Topic 2

At the end of the story, True Son acknowledges that this trip into white society is similar to the one that he made before. Explain the similarities. True Son also acknowledges that he would trade the first trip for this one. Explain why.

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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