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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 Fast Horse do at the ranch?
2. What do Fast Horse and Owl Child do to the Napikwan wagons and oxen?
3. What is Red Paint worried about in Chapter 22?
4. What does Fast Horse see on the skin after he wakes up?
5. Who says, "You Fast Horse, you have become the heartless insect, for you would betray your own people"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of the thrashing wings that Fools Crow hears when he wakes in the woman's dwelling?
2. When the Pikunis chiefs meet for council, what do they decide to do about the white healer's warning and the seizers' demands?
3. Describe the thoughts and feelings of Yellow Kidney before, during and after he decides to leave the Lone Eater camp.
4. What advice and hope does Feather Woman give to Fools Crow after he sees the designs on the skin come to life?
5. A white healer comes to the Lone Eaters' camp to warn of the smallpox. Why would the Pikunis believe anything a white man has to say?
6. How does Fools Crow discover the new land in his dream during his seven-day journey?
7. How is Yellow Kidney's body delivered back to his people?
8. Even though the Lone Eaters trust this white healer, why don't they agree to follow his advice?
9. What do the Pikunis ask of the seizers when told of the spread of small pox, and what do the seizers reply?
10. What does Fast Horse find in the war lodge while Owl Child stays with the horses, and how does he know who it is?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Explore the theme of Dreams in Fools Crow. Did their belief and faith in dreams enrich their lives or limit and endanger their lives? Were they helpful in dealing with the Napikwan? Were they helpful in dealing with the white scab disease? What would the story have been like if there had been no dreams?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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