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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 is Measure to keep near him?

2. What is the only thing for which a Red man can use a gun?

3. What will stop White men from returning?

4. For how much money had Hooch's likker been sold?

5. What animal does Ta-Kumsaw represent to Hooch?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of things does Alvin do when the Chok-Taw try to torture the abducted boys?

2. Why is there nothing left for Lolla to do?

3. Why doesn't Ta-Kumsaw beat Lolla-Wossiky for drinking, when he beats any other Shaw-Nee for doing so?

4. What scares Alvin when he follows the Prophet and why does he do so?

5. What message do the Reds intend to send home to Alvin and Measure's parents? How do they manage to do this?

6. What does Robespierre give to La Fayette and what is its purpose?

7. How is Lolla-Wossiky humiliated?

8. What is the difference in the way Hooch is treated at Carthage City as opposed to the way he is treated by the US Marshals in Suskwahenny?

9. How is "dying brave" kind of the Reds who catch the Wee-Aw?

10. Why does Alvin think he has failed in the Shining Man's request "to make all things whole"? What doesn't he understand?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Alvin's immunity to the Red man feeling what he was changing in the environment. How does this provide a convenient way for Alvin to save Measure and himself from torture? What do you think would have happened if Alvin had been noticed doing his knackery?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Tenska-Tawa and any other Prophet of history. What are their similarities and what are their differences? Who made a better spiritual leader and why? Is it possible the spiritual aspects of the true Tenskwatawa are downplayed in modern history due to their origins? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the difference in Measure and Alvin's approach to family. What is the most important thing in regards to Measure, the thing that trumps all other considerations? Is this a narrow perspective? Explain. Is Alvin's concern a greater cause in general? With whose opinion do you identify and why?

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