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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How will the Prophet die?
(a) Shot by Alvin's father's gun.
(b) In pain watching those he loves around him die.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) Both of these.

2. How many Red's die over the thought that two White boys have died?
(a) Nine-thousand, five-hundred.
(b) Nine-thousand.
(c) Eight-thousand.
(d) Seven-thousand.

3. What does Ta-Kumsaw feel?
(a) That Alvin needs him.
(b) That Tenska-Tawa wants him to come home.
(c) Both of these,
(d) Neither of these.

4. What will happen when Becca's daughter takes her place?
(a) She will become a spinner instead of a weaver.
(b) She will be given leave to live her life.
(c) All of these.
(d) She will join Ta-Kumsaw wherever he is.

5. Why does Measure take on the curse when he isn't obligated?
(a) He is repulsed by the blood in the creek.
(b) He is gagging at the massacre around him.
(c) He reckons he would have done the same in their shoes.
(d) All of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what is Napoleon charged?

2. For what does Measure keep wishing?

3. How many of the Reds are left?

4. What will happen to the blood of those who die?

5. Why do bears kill White trappers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Alvin find the fruit that he isn't allowed to eat any more? Why is this?

2. What does Alvin know will happen by the third time he tells the story of what happened at Tippy-Canoe?

3. How do Alvin and Measure differ in the way they view their family?

4. What is Ta-Kumsaw convinced is the reason for Alvin's grief? What is Taleswapper's argument?

5. Why is Measure offended that the Red men haven't treated him fairly in the Gatlopp?

6. For what reasons does Frederic don the amulet?

7. Why does La Fayette want Napoleon out of command?

8. How is Prophetstown a miraculous place?

9. What specifically hurts Alvin when he examines his brother?

10. What do the Reds do when faced with death at the hand of the Whites?

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