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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. The second night the boys are in the boat, what do they pass?

2. Why do Half Arrow and True Son paddle away from the banks?

3. How do True Son and Half Arrow learn what the otter knows?

4. What does True Son call the month of February?

5. What do the boys pass that makes them certain they are on the right path?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does True Son think and feel about his situation when he wakes up on the mountain?

2. What items does True Son take from hiding after leaving Uncle Wilse's house? Where did he get them?

3. How does True Son find Half Arrow?

4. Describe Half Arrow and True Son's days in the forest.

5. Half Arrow makes Thitpan mad by questioning him. What does he question him about?

6. What does Parson Elder tell Myra and Kate after talking to True Son?

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

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

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

10. Why is Myra Butler bedridden?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of the tree that True Son sees while he is with the military? Do you think that True Son would have the same feelings about the tree at the end of the story?

Essay Topic 2

This story includes many metaphors. Explain what a metaphor is and name at least two from the story. Explain the meaning of the examples that you have picked.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss True Son's character. What his character dynamic or static? Why?

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