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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 Taleswapper believe is Alvin's deepest wound?

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

3. With what does Alvin need Measure's help?

4. What does de Maurepas call Old Hickory?

5. What does a White man do when he comes to a valley?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the difference between the oath of a land at peace and an angry land?

5. For what reasons does Frederic don the amulet?

6. Why is Measure offended that the Red men haven't treated him fairly in the Gatlopp?

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

8. What does Tenska-Tawa promise his people as they wait to die?

9. What kinds of options does Measure have? How are these options merely illusions?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the mutual animosity between the Reds and the Whites in the story. Do they have reason to fear each other? Why or why not? Is this a common theme throughout history? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss Hoochs' ability as a spark. What is the only thing that keeps him in check? How does this fail to deter him once he is threatened with death if he doesn't comply with Harrison's request? How does this act inevitably bring about Hoochs' demise?

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