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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. Which of the Pikunis go into the heart of the Crow camp?
2. Why does White Man's Dog blame himself for Yellow Kidney's disfigurement?
3. What does White Man's Dog want that he feels will increase his value as a prospective husband?
4. How does White Man's Dog kill Bull Shield?
5. What does Boss Ribs want Fools Crow to do about Fast Horse at the end of Chapter 17?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Boss Ribs do to help his son, Fast Horse, recover from his gunshot wound that he hopes will persuade Fast Horse to stay with the Lone Eaters?
2. What techniques does the author use to introduce the reader to the Pikuni culture?
3. What discussion is sparked when Fools Crow tells the Lone Eater camp that he has killed a Napikwan hunter?
4. Describe White Man's Dog as he was introduced in the first two chapters of this book.
5. Describe Fast Horse as he in introduced in the first two chapters of this book.
6. Who does Yellow Kidney assign to the tasks that the raiding party will perform at the Crow camp?
7. How does White Man's Dog manage to kill Bull Shield?
8. Who are the seizers and why have they come to talk with the Lone Eaters?
9. Why does Three Bears think the riders who enter the Lone Eater's camp at the beginning of Chapter 7 have probably stolen the horses they have with them?
10. Boss Ribs asks Fools Crow what changed his son. What does Fools Crow tell him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay about how each of these conflict types are represented in the novel, Fools Crow. Does one of these emerge as the main conflict of the story, or are they all of equal importance?
a) Man vs. Man: he struggles against another person or group of people (usually against the antagonist, but not always).
b) Man vs. Self: two elements within himself struggle for mastery.
c) Man vs. Society: he struggles against society as a force, society being the rules, regulations, morals and/or beliefs common to a particular people.
d) Man vs. Nature: he struggles against forces of nature, such as storms, wind, fire, cold, heat, etc.
e) Man vs. Machine: he struggles against machines.
Essay Topic 2
Explain the seven day journey of Fools Crow that was inspired by Nitsokan. What was going on? Why did Fools Crow need to make this journey? What was revealed to him? How did this influence his thinking in the final chapters of this book?
Essay Topic 3
A minor theme of betrayal was also intertwined in this novel. What constitutes betrayal, and how is this portrayed in Fools Crow? In what ways do the Pikunis as a people feel betrayed? In what ways do individual characters in the story feel betrayed? Was there or can there be any restitution for betrayal?
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