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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 training does Wanderer offer to share with Naduah in Chapter 19?

2. Who is Placido?

3. How old is Rachel when she dies?

4. What act usually makes an agreement unbreakable between two Comanche warriors?

5. Who is rumored to be the father of Something Good's baby?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do the Indians kill all the non-adopted white captives within their bands?

4. Does Bear Cub want to return with the white man after a group of soldiers raids Old Owl's band?

5. What is Naduah taught during the buffalo hunt?

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

7. Who do the Comanche take captive during the raid on Parker's Fort?

8. Who brings help for Wanderer and Eagle?

9. What is Naduah envious of in connection with Bear Cub's behavior?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Placido? Why does he capture Eagle and Wanderer? What does he plan to do with them? What does he do to Eagle? Why does Placido vow revenge against Wanderer? Why does Placido team with the whites to find Wanderer's band of Indians? What is the result of this collaboration? How does Placido finally die? What happens to his killer?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Quanah? Who are his parents? What happens to his mother? What happens to his father? How does Quanah become leader of a band of Comanches? Why does Quanah fight the move to the reservations for so long? What finally leads Quanah to move his people to the reservation? What does this say about the Indian way of life? What has caused this overwhelming change in such a short period of time?

Essay Topic 3

Define and find examples of each style term in the novel:

1) Irony

2) Symbolism

3) Metaphor

4) Motivation.

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