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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 Ta-Kumsaw say about the Irrakwa?

2. With what are the Reds armed?

3. What does Measure do while in the cell?

4. What kind of battle does Ta-Kumsaw wish to fight with Measure?

5. Why does Alvin want to go with Ta-Kumsaw?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is interesting about Becca's eyes?

2. For what reasons does Frederic don the amulet?

3. What does Napoleon tell Ta-Kumsaw to say to Alvin, and what is Alvin's response?

4. What is White Murderer Harrison's curse?

5. Why does La Fayette wish that Napoleon were merely a "vain posturer with a gift for seducing the loyalty of his betters"(266)?

6. How do Alvin and Measure differ in the way they view their family?

7. What does Alvin know will happen by the third time he tells the story of what happened at Tippy-Canoe?

8. How does Mike Fink view life and death? Why isn't he proud of killing Measure?

9. How does Ta-Kumsaw survive wounds that would have felled any other man and how do the enemy soldiers react to this?

10. Why is Measure thankful that Alvin isn't with him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how myths and legends become more magical over time. What can be attributed to these manipulations of data? How far back in history does fact become intermingled with legend and, therefore, indistinguishable? What kinds of things lead to their indistinguishable nature? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

What might have occurred had Alvin gone back with Measure and saved him as the torture was occurring? Would this have been more likely to have saved the Reds at Tippy-Canoe? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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