Chapters 1-5
Which soldier is assigned to guard True Son and act as an interpreter because he speaks Delaware?
Del Hardy
How does True Son feel when his mother gives him white clothes to wear in place of his Lenape buckskins?
He feels suffocated, viewing the white clothes as restrictive and symbolic of white deception.
+100
Happy for you guys
What causes True Son to warn the people on the boat?
He believes Gordie is on the boat.
Talk about an example of the theme:
Identity and "Nature vs. Nurture"
What poisonous plant root does True Son carry in his pouch, considering using it to end his life?
Mayapple Root
How did Aunt Kate convince True Son to dress in white man's clothes?
When he refuses, she threatens to strip off his buckskins and scrub him in the tub herself.
Why did Half Arrow believe it was no longer necessary to hide their boat during daylight?
They had traveled far enough down the river system into Lenape territory
-200
What is ironic about Dr. Childsey’s opinion that Indians “weren’t helped by the superstition lurking in the dark and hidden recesses of the untutored mind”?
He dismisses Native American views as primitive "superstition," his own "scientific" treatment of bleeding a sick, weakened child is barbaric, unscientific, and physically harmful.
-300
UGH
DOUBLE OR NOTHING: Who lived on the Third Mountain?
Corn Blade
What kind of treatment did the doctor provide for the young boy?
Bloodletting- opening a vein in his arm and draining his blood into a brass basin in an attempt to draw out the fever.
How does True Son react to Thitpan's explanation as to how he acquired the young scalp?
True Son feels deeply sickened, disturbed, and horrified.
How is this conflict resolved: True Son hesitates to steal the boats belonging to the white trader.
Half-Arrow rationalizes the act,; True Son compromises his beliefs
At what physical boundary/river are Half Arrow and Little Crane forced to stop and turn back?
The Allegheny River (near Fort Pitt)
When True Son and his younger brother Gordie go up to their shared bedroom, what does Gordie ask True Son?
Gordie asks if he can have True Son's Indian clothes so that he can "be an Indian."
How does Half Arrow defend taking the trader's boat?
He says the whites have stolen far more than just a boat.
How does Cuyloga defend his son?
Cuyloga steps forward before the council and takes personal responsibility for True Son's actions as his adoptive father. He explains that True Son acted out of loyalty to a child rather than treason, and he bravely declares that if the council insists on burning True Son, they will have to burn Cuyloga as well.
How is this conflict resolved: True Son feared that the white child on the flatboat might be Gordie.
The conflict is resolved when True Son chooses human compassion, childhood innocence, and brotherly love over his allegiance to the Lenape war party.
How does Del Hardy view white children who have lived with Native Americans for many years?
He believes they are secretly eager to return to white civilization.
What excuse does the colonel offer to John as reason for not stopping the massacre?
He rode out to stop them, but the angry mob threatened him and shot his horse out from under him
What proof did True Son offer that the Indians had more respect for words than the whites?
True Son explains that Native Americans keep their spoken promises with absolute honor without needing written contracts, whereas white men require words written down in black ink on paper because their spoken word cannot be trusted—yet white men still break their written treaties and laws anyway.
How did Cuyloga punish his son?
Cuyloga saves True Son from execution, but punishes him by permanently banishing and exiling him from the Lenni Lenape tribe.
+500
YAY