Indian Horse

Reading Check questions are designed for in-class review on key plot points or for quick verbal or written assessments. Multiple Choice and Short Answer Quizzes create ideal summative assessments, and collectively function to convey a sense of the work’s tone and themes.

Chapters 1-10

Reading Check

1. Who is Aki?

2. Who is Shabogeesick and what did he bring to his people?

3. What are the “spirits” referred to in Chapter 3?

4. Who finds Saul and his family when they are living in Redditt?

5. What traumatic event happens at the “dancing of the rice?”

Multiple Choice

1. In the first paragraph, Saul shares that “They say that our cheekbones are cut from those granite ridges that rise above our homeland. They say that the deep brown of our eyes seeped out of the fecund earth that surrounds the lakes and marshes. The Old Ones say that our long straight hair comes from the waving grasses that thatch the edges of bays.” What does this quote imply about his relationship with his ancestry?

A) that he is ashamed of the folklore

B) that his roots are tied with the technological advancements of the region

C) that nature is interwoven into the stories of his people

D) that the “Old Ones” are not revered in his community

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