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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. Who is Heavy Shield Woman?

2. What losses do the Pikunis suffer as a result of the battle at Bull Shield's camp?

3. How many nights does White Man's Dog have his dream?

4. Who does Rides-at-the-door think should be banished from the Lone Eaters?

5. In Part 1, Chapters 1 and 2, what theme is being introduced through the encroachment of the Napikwans, the development of the characters, and is further emphasized through the point of view of Rides-at-the Door?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do White Man's Dog and Fast Horse plan to build a sweat lodge?

2. When White Man's Dog marries Red Paint, her father, Yellow Kidney, gives White Man's Dog his many-shots-gun as a wedding present. Why is this particularly significant to White Man's Dog?

3. Who are Running Fisher and Rides-at-the-door, and what disturbing news do they bring the others in Chapter 9?

4. Who does Yellow Kidney assign to the tasks that the raiding party will perform at the Crow camp?

5. What happens when Yellow Kidney and the raiding party try to find the stream from Fast Horse's dream?

6. Describe White Man's Dog's recurring dream in Chapter 3.

7. How does the war party react to the solar eclipse on the fourth day out?

8. Why is Fast Horse attracted to Owl Child's band?

9. What factors concern Red Paint that cause her to plead with White Man's dog not to go with the war party, and how does White Man's Dog respond?

10. Describe Yellow Kidney's return to the Lone Eater's camp.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the irony and the tragedy of Yellow Kidney's death. How do you think the story would have been affected if Yellow Kidney had not died in this way?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the use of imagery in Fools Crow. How did it enrich the reading experience? How did it help to paint a mental picture of the Pikunis culture? What techniques of imagery were most prevalent, or do you think the majority of the imagery used was descriptive without the use of such literary devises as metaphore, simile, personification, anthropomorphism, alliteration and irony?

Essay Topic 3

White Man's Dog and Fast Horse are the two main characters of this book.

1) Compare and contrast the boys, Fast Horse and White Man's Dog, in the early chapters of this book. Which appeared to be destined to be a leader? Which appeared to be the weaker one?

2) What were the major turning points that propelled White Man's Dog to be the man of honor and tradition, while Fast Horse abandoned the ways of his people and chose another path?

3) Compare and contrast Fools Crow and Fast Horse toward the end of the story. Is there hope for Fast Horse to become an honorable man?

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