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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who orders Will, Johnny Draper, Matthew, and John to go to the fort?
(a) Captain Buchanan.
(b) Gander Jack.
(c) Soliders.
(d) Mr. Barger.

2. Who does Mary have imaginary conversations with?
(a) Will.
(b) Eleanor.
(c) Her sons.
(d) Bettie.

3. How many times does it take Henry to successfully complete the gauntlet?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

4. Who is taken away by Indians at the end of the slave auction?
(a) Georgie.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Henry.
(d) Bettie.

5. What does Will plan to do to get his family back after the trail is lost?
(a) Harvest wheat and sell it for ransom money.
(b) Harvest wheat and remarry.
(c) Go to the fort.
(d) Move to another village.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Mary and Ghetel find at the bottom of a creek?

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

3. What condition is Mary Draper Ingles in when the Shawnee Indians attack?

4. What does Mary trade for her sewing skills?

5. Who is Mary's captor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Eleanor Draper and Casper Barrier killed by the Shawnee Indians?

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

3. Why does Mary believe that pride is essential to the captives' survival?

4. Describe Mary's and Ghetel's first day away from the Indians.

5. Why does Mary cry when she makes the decision to escape?

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

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

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

9. Why doesn't Mary scream out during the delivery of her baby?

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

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