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. True Son realizes that the many people gathered to meet the party are who?

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

3. True Son compares white people and Indian people to what?

4. What is the red-haired guard called?

5. How long has True Son lived with the Indians?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the Peshtank story?

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 3

True Son often refers to things in nature as family members. Name three instances of this. What does this make the reader think and feel about True Son?

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