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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. Why does Lolla-Wossiky cry when it grows bitterly cold every year?

2. What does Hooch think is a crying shame?

3. What does Governor Bill Harrison do in the afternoon following the fire?

4. What is the first thing that Alvin sees within the tornado?

5. What does Tenska-Tawa call Alvin Miller Jr.?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Lolla-Wossiky humiliated?

2. When the Prophet abandons Alvin, what does Alvin witness on his own in the tornado?

3. What is the objective of the wrassling match between Measure and Ta-Kumsaw?

4. Why does Alvin think he has failed in the Shining Man's request "to make all things whole"? What doesn't he understand?

5. Why is there nothing left for Lolla to do?

6. Why does Andrew Jackson feel dirty?

7. Why does Lolla want to find his dream beast?

8. What kinds of things does Hooch notice upon entering Carthage City once again?

9. What does Napoleon Bonaparte do, and how does it make Frederic feel?

10. What is the difference between Alvin Miller Sr. and Armor-of-God's opinions regarding the abduction of Alvin and Measure?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the emergence of the Christian religion in this novel. How does it interfere with the average individual's practice of knacks? Is Armor-of-God's intolerance of knackery a preview of what is to come in North America (think Salem Witch Trials) or not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how myths and legends become more magical over time. What can be attributed to these manipulations of data? How far back in history does fact become intermingled with legend and, therefore, indistinguishable? What kinds of things lead to their indistinguishable nature? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Caucasian and Native American relations since settlers arrived from Europe. Under what precedence did Caucasian people take over the land that had once belonged strictly to the native peoples?

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