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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 had previously stopped Lolla from doing this?

2. Why aren't Alvin and Measure going home?

3. What does Ta-Kumsaw say that he has come to do?

4. What happens to the ridge beam?

5. What doesn't Alvin Jr. understand is a miracle?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is different regarding the way Alvin changes things compared to the way other White men change things?

3. What does Robespierre give to La Fayette and what is its purpose?

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

5. What story does Ta-Kumsaw tell the red bird?

6. Why does Armor-of-God wish to be governor?

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

8. What kinds of signs does Tenska-Tawa offer his people to prove his legitimacy as a Prophet?

9. How is "dying brave" kind of the Reds who catch the Wee-Aw?

10. How is Lolla-Wossiky humiliated?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Tenska-Tawa and Ta-Kumsaw's belief patterns. Who is a better leader and how would you define a better leader? Why is that character a more successful leader?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the difference in Measure and Alvin's approach to family. What is the most important thing in regards to Measure, the thing that trumps all other considerations? Is this a narrow perspective? Explain. Is Alvin's concern a greater cause in general? With whose opinion do you identify and why?

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