1. Discuss the reasons why a young girl like Mary would so readily make a trip to a new land with people she did not know. Explain why she did or did not have any alternatives.
2. Rees foreshadows Mary's fate through the use of wolves. Find other instances of foreshadowing in the novel.
3. Why did the settlers not care about the war that the Indians were fighting among themselves?
4. Using material from the book, explain where Mary may have gone after she fled Beulah.
5. If, like Mary, you were settling in a new land, which characters would you like to accompany you? What qualities and talents of these individuals would prove useful?
6. Why does Mary show no fear in the dense forest? Why.....
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