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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. What does True Son refuse to take that Aunt Kate has offered to him?

2. What does True Son's father say when True Son tells him that he is going to see Corn Blade?

3. Why doesn't Half Arrow immediately come out of hiding when talking to True Son.

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

5. What does Parson Elder say that the Peshtank men would have done to him for stopping them from killing the Contestogo Indians?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Myra Butler bedridden?

3. When True Son is offered liquor, he compares this to what?

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

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

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

7. Describe True Son and Half Arrows first several days back at Lenni Lenape.

8. How does True Son find Half Arrow?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

Describe the relationships between True Son and the Butler family. Compare those to the relationships between True Son and his Indian family.

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