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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. How many of the Reds are left?

2. What do the people who find Measure call him?

3. Of what did the forest smell?

4. How does Ta-Kumsaw feel about a White man at Eight Face Mound?

5. What does Measure do while in the cell?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Alvin believe there is some witchery involved in regards to Ta-Kumsaw?

2. What is interesting about Becca's eyes?

3. What does Alvin figure has happened when he explains what the Chok-Taw have done to the saddles?

4. What is interesting to note about the way Alvin makes the journey with Ta-Kumsaw?

5. What does Taleswapper have in his bag?

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

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

8. Where does Alvin find the fruit that he isn't allowed to eat any more? Why is this?

9. Why doesn't Alvin leave when he is feeling so lonely in Ta-Kumsaw's presence?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare American frontier towns to small towns that exist present day. What kinds of characteristics are similar and what things are different? Taking away technological advancement as a main difference, what other main differences exist in small towns of today? What do you think is the reason for this difference?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss Ta-Kumsaw's thoughts about Alvin both before and after the trip to the Eight Face Mound. How do they change, if they change at all? What do you think is largely responsible for this? Explain.

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