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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 Measure reveal to Ta-Kumsaw?

2. Who does Harrison employ to do in Measure?

3. How many does Measure figure are in the army?

4. How many years has Napoleon Bonaparte waited for his war?

5. What does Mike Fink think of life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alvin figure has happened when he explains what the Chok-Taw have done to the saddles?

2. What is interesting to note about the way Alvin makes the journey with Ta-Kumsaw?

3. Why does La Fayette wish that Napoleon were merely a "vain posturer with a gift for seducing the loyalty of his betters"(266)?

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

5. What does Tenska-Tawa promise his people as they wait to die?

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

7. How is Prophetstown a miraculous place?

8. What is White Murderer Harrison's curse?

9. What is the only way that Ta-Kumsaw can get to Alvin and why does he need to do so?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Discuss Alvin's immunity to the Red man feeling what he was changing in the environment. How does this provide a convenient way for Alvin to save Measure and himself from torture? What do you think would have happened if Alvin had been noticed doing his knackery?

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