3. How long does Mary estimate it will take to get back to Draper's Meadow?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) A month and a half.
(c) Over two months.
(d) Six months.

4. Why does Will lie awake at night?
(a) He's hungry.
(b) He's afraid of the Indians.
(c) He's nervous.
(d) He's worried.

5. What do Mary and Ghetel find a little ways from the village?
(a) A river.
(b) A teepee.
(c) A band of Indians.
(d) A cabin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary do when she walks away from the spring camp?

2. What does Mary eat her first night away from camp?

3. Where do the Shawnee Indians and their captives spend the night on the second day after the attack on Draper's Meadow?

4. What does Mary decide to do when allowed to explore the woods?

5. What impresses the Chief about Mary's delivery of her daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bettie become angry with Mary during the trip to the Indians' village?

2. How does Mary's pride make her blind to the situation with Chief Wildcat?

3. What does Bettie think of Mary for allowing Otter Girl to nurse the baby?

4. What is the significance of Mary saying that there is a way to return if there is a way across the O-Y-O?

5. Goulart's makes the comment that a useful person is valued in the Indian village, while someone with nothing to offer will have a hard life. Describe how this is proven to be true during the slave auction.

6. Why doesn't Will help protect his family when the Indians attack?

7. Why is Mary surprised that Chief Wildcat sold her?

8. How does Mary begin to erase her baby, Bettie Eleanor, from her memory and heart?

9. How do Mary's beliefs about Indians keep her safe throughout her experience living in Indian territory?

10. Why is Ghetel's insatiable appetite problematic for Mary?

(see the answer keys)

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