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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Naduah do when the women at the fort are done with her in Chapter 54?

2. Who is Iron Shirt?

3. What injury does Wanderer suffer during a raid in Chapter 50?

4. Why does Wanderer begin his own band?

5. How old is Quanah when Wanderer first takes him on a raid against the white settlers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Old Owl's actions in the face of pressure from the white people to return Bear Cub say about his strengths as a leader?

2. How does Old Owl die? What happens to his remains?

3. By 1854, how many years has it been since Cynthia Ann Parker's capture by the Comanche?

4. How does Naduah find herself a captive of the white man? Who led them to Naduah, therefore fulfilling his promise to Wanderer?

5. Why does Wanderer take guns and ammunition from a Texas settlement he and Buffalo Piss have raided with a group of warriors?

6. What decision does Bear Cub make in chapter 47 that Naduah deeply disagrees with, causing her to disown him as her brother?

7. What does Wanderer convinces the mayordomo of a New Mexico Indian tribe he must do?

8. By whom is Naduah spotted during a raid by the Noconi? What happens as a result?

9. How do the Indians prefer to live their lives?

10. What, to Buffalo Piss, is like asking an Indian to stop breathing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bear Cub comes to the conclusion that the time of the Indians is coming to an end. Is he right? How has Indian life changed over the years the Parkers have been with the Comanche? What has caused this change? Could the Indians have done something to prevent this? Could the white man? Why did the younger Indians resist moving to the reservations so much? What happened on the reservations? Would these have been better places for the Comanche? Could it have prevented starvation and death? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following elements of the novel:

1) Setting

2) Point of view

3) Structure.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the search for the white captives by white society. Why do they not search for the Parkers immediately? Why do they pay a ransom for Rachel and John upon their discovery? Do the traders who search for the captives have honest intentions? Do the white captives want to return to their homes and families? Why or why not? How does Rachel feel when she goes back to white society? Why does she die so young? Could Rachel's husband have waited longer for her? Why did he not?

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