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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. With what are the Reds armed?

2. Who does Harrison employ to do in Measure?

3. What color are the soldiers' suits?

4. What does Mike Fink recognize about the "war"?

5. How does a Red usually kill a man, according to Mike Fink?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the rule regarding the letters?

2. What is the only way that Ta-Kumsaw can get to Alvin and why does he need to do so?

3. Why doesn't Ta-Kumsaw walk away with his men when he has the chance?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is Ta-Kumsaw convinced is the reason for Alvin's grief? What is Taleswapper's argument?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Caucasian and Native American relations since settlers arrived from Europe. Under what precedence did Caucasian people take over the land that had once belonged strictly to the native peoples?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Ta-Kumsaw and Napoleon Bonaparte as generals. Who made the better leader and why? What characteristics does a general whose fame lasts throughout the ages possess? What must they have done to gain infamy?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the decay of the land as predicted by Tenska-Tawa and Ta-Kumsaw. Does it come to pass? How or why not? Are the forest and the land still healthy? How do you know and what information can you offer and cite to support your conclusion?

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