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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 did the Butlers originally name True Son?
2. What does Uncle Wilse do to True Son?
3. Why does True Son attack Del?
4. After leaving Fort Pitt, what does True Son see to make him refer to whites as the white destroyers?
5. What is True Son's white mother's first name?
Short Essay Questions
1. Little Crain thinks that the white people act strange for what reason?
2. How does True Son compare his white father to Cuyloga?
3. What does True Son think about the white village that the party camps near?
4. The guards are amazed at the outpouring of love and grief for the whites that were given up. Although they are astonished at this, what is it that they can't get over? Why do you think that it surprised them?
5. Describe Fort Pitt as Del Hardy sees it.
6. What is the Peshtank story?
7. True Son envisions how his funeral will be when he kills himself. Describe his vision.
8. True Son sees a tree on the march from the camp. Describe the tree and explain what it means to True Son.
9. What are some of the things that the white soldiers do that True Son, Little Crane, and Half Arrow think are strange?
10. True Son feels that he has been imprisoned in three ways. What are they?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
After fleeing from the Butler's barn, True Son realizes that he can not go back to that town, or he will be hanged or imprisoned. At the end of the story, True Son can no longer go into Indian territory. Do you think that he regrets either or both actions that have put him in this situation? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Describe three scenes in which there is extensive use of imagery. Does this add anything significant to the story? Explain your answer.
Essay Topic 3
What bother's True Son about the scalp that Thitpan has claimed? Knowing Cuyloga's attitude on the subject, do you think that True Son would feel the same way if he had never gone to live with the Butlers? Why or why not?
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