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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 is the white scab disease?
2. How does Fast Horse identify the body?
3. At dusk on the third day, where does Fast Horse find himself?
4. When the leaders of the Pikunis meet to discuss the Napikwan healer's warning and recommendations in Chapter 28, what do they decide to do?
5. Who is Nitsokan?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Fast Horse find in the war lodge while Owl Child stays with the horses, and how does he know who it is?
2. What advice and hope does Feather Woman give to Fools Crow after he sees the designs on the skin come to life?
3. How does Fools Crow help Red Paint's youngest brother conquer his fears and nightmares about the rabid wolf who bit him?
4. How does Fools Crow discover the new land in his dream during his seven-day journey?
5. What happens when Fools Crow catches up to Fast Horse and tries to talk to him about his association with Owl Child and his killing of the rancher?
6. How are Running Fisher and Kills-close-to-the-lake related and what is their current relationship?
7. What does Fast Horse suggest Fools Crow tell his father when he returns to the Lone Eater Camp?
8. What do the Pikunis ask of the seizers when told of the spread of small pox, and what do the seizers reply?
9. Describe what Fools Crow sees or does not see in the water of the place he is lead to in his dream.
10. How is Yellow Kidney's body delivered back to his people?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Today, many believe that our treatment of the Native Americans of this country was not fair. Do you think we treated the Blackfoot that were represented by this novel in a fair manner? Was everything about the treatment of the Native American unfair, or were there attempts to be fair? What has shifted our perceptions? Where do you stand on the issue?
Essay Topic 2
Expound upon the theme of Change and Loss in the novel, Fools Crow. This is arguably the most recurrent theme in the book. Look at the theme as it relates to Fools Crow and the Lone Eaters, as it relates to Fast Horse and his association with Owl Child and his band, and as it relates to the Napikwans.
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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