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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. Why does True Son have second thoughts about the ambush?

2. How does Thitpan plan to take over a river boat?

3. Who brings word of Indians to Harry?

4. Where does True Son say that his father learned a swear word from?

5. What does True Son have in common with the basket maker, Bejance?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Parson Elder called to the butler home?

2. What do True Son and Half Arrow pass the second night in the boat? What does True Son say about it?

3. What does Harry Butler do to calm himself down?

4. What is Mr. Butler's reaction when he finds True Son going to visit Corn Blade?

5. Gordie tells the basket maker that he is a slave. How does he respond?

6. What does passing Fort Pitt mean for True Son and Half Arrow.

7. What news is brought to Harry Butler? Who is the messenger?

8. Describe True Son's weekly routine. How does he feel about it?

9. Describe True Son's first night back with his Indian family.

10. What is Harry Butler hoping that True Son will tell him when he confides in him on his sickbed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does True Son feel about his work in the fields? What does Bejance say about it? Compare and contrast Harry Butler's and Cuyloga's attitudes towards the chore.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

True Son becomes uncomfortable with the stories that Little Crane told Uncle Wilse. What are the stories, and why is True Son uncomfortable with them when Half Arrow is not?

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