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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. What happens to Rachel Plummer's baby?
(a) Cruel One kills it.
(b) Cruel One abandons it on the prairie.
(c) Cruel One adopts it.
(d) Cruel One leaves it with white people.

2. What animal blunders into the Wasp camp in an attempt to escape a fire?
(a) Deer.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Antelope.
(d) Buffalo.

3. What is the woman's role in the buffalo hunt?
(a) To kill the animal.
(b) To keep the hunters fed.
(c) To clean and cook the carcass.
(d) To sharpen the weapons.

4. What is the name of Cynthia Ann Parker's captor?
(a) Pahayuna.
(b) Wanderer.
(c) Buffalo Piss.
(d) Eagle.

5. Why does Rachel Plummer turn on her Indian owner?
(a) He beats and abuses her.
(b) He wants to be her husband.
(c) He will not let her go.
(d) He ignores her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rachel go after she is released by the Indians in Chapter 27?

2. Where does Something Good take Naduah shortly after her arrival with the band?

3. Where is Parker's Fort?

4. How long does it take Naduah to forget her Christian name?

5. Who vows revenge in Chapter 18 against the Comanche and Wanderer in particular?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Rachel in Chapters 27-28?

2. What group of Indians raid Parker's Fort? Why?

3. To whom is Something Good married? How is she risking bringing shame on herself?

4. Who is John Parker? What is his life like with the Comanche?

5. Why is a special crest of three red lines designed for Wanderer's arrows?

6. Where does Naduah choose to go when the winter camp breaks and the two bands go their separate ways?

7. Who entrusts Naduah with his war gear after the successful raid on the People Eaters?

8. How large is the combination of the Wasp and Old Owl's bands when they winter together?

9. Who does Cynthia Ann Parker continue to fear as she adjusts to life with the Comanche?

10. What is Naduah taught during the buffalo hunt?

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