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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 event does Fools Crow remember in Chapter 28 that did make him feel he had power?

2. What is Yellow Kidney thinking about when he is killed?

3. What does Fast Horse find there?

4. What does Fools Crow look at as he ponders the situation they are in with the Napikwans and the white scab disease?

5. What do Owl Child and Fast Horse do to the band of Napikwans in Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Fools Crow sees or does not see in the water of the place he is lead to in his dream.

2. What are the three demands the seizers make of the Pikunis when they meet with General Sully?

3. How are Running Fisher and Kills-close-to-the-lake related and what is their current relationship?

4. How does Fools Crow discover the new land in his dream during his seven-day journey?

5. What do Owl Child and Fast Horse do at the ranch of the Napikwan?

6. Why doesn't Fast Horse return to the Lone Eaters himself?

7. How does Fast Horse's reaction to finding Yellow Kidney's body show he is beginning to regret the path he has chosen with Owl Child?

8. What does Fast Horse suggest Fools Crow tell his father when he returns to the Lone Eater Camp?

9. When the Pikunis chiefs meet for council, what do they decide to do about the white healer's warning and the seizers' demands?

10. Describe who the man is that Fast Horse wants to kill.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the phrase, "the price of freedom" as it would relate to the story of Fools Crow. Who is free in this story? Who is not free? Who is losing freedom? What are the Pikunis willing to do to preserve their freedom? What are the Napikwans willing to do to preserve their freedom?

Essay Topic 2

How are the elements of plot (inciting incident, the rising action, the climax, the falling action, and resolution) revealed in this novel? Support your contention of which chapter represents the climax. What is the resolution of this story?

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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