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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What condition is Mary Draper Ingles in when the Shawnee Indians attack?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is getting married.
(c) She is injured.
(d) She had just given birth to her son.

2. What do the captives withdraw from the spring water?
(a) Fish.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Herbs.
(d) Salt.

3. What do the Indians do with those who successfully complete the gauntlet?
(a) They treat the wounds.
(b) They kill them.
(c) They make them run it again.
(d) They reward them with a feast.

4. How long does it take Mary and Ghetel to make it back to the French's trading post?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 3 weeks.

5. Who does Mary give her seat on the horse to?
(a) Chief Wildcat.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Georgie.
(d) Bettie.

6. What do Mary and Ghetel find a little ways from the village?
(a) A cabin.
(b) A band of Indians.
(c) A teepee.
(d) A river.

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

8. What Indian tribe do Gander Jack, Will Ingles, and Johnny Draper hope will help them ransom their families?
(a) Shawnee.
(b) Navajo.
(c) Cherokee.
(d) Iroquois.

9. Who tells Will that Mary and the boys are alive when the Indians come through?
(a) Mr. Barger.
(b) Ms. Lyman.
(c) Gander Jack.
(d) Elenor Draper.

10. Where are Will and Johnny Draper during the Shawnee Indians' attack?
(a) Working in the fields a mile away.
(b) Exploring the river.
(c) Traveling to another town.
(d) Hiding.

11. Who is at the salt spring camp with Mary?
(a) Bettie.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Ghetel.
(d) Chief Wildcat.

12. What does the Chief tell his tribe about Mary?
(a) About her children.
(b) About her gun.
(c) About her birth experience.
(d) About her village.

13. What does Mary do to keep mosquitoes away from her newborn baby?
(a) She leaves the baby in the woods.
(b) She covers the baby in blankets.
(c) She gives the baby to Bettie.
(d) She puts the baby in her dress.

14. Which character is beheaded during the Shawnee Indian attack?
(a) Henry Lenard.
(b) Johnny Draper.
(c) Philip Barger.
(d) Will Draper.

15. What does Mary eat her first night away from camp?
(a) Berries.
(b) Nuts.
(c) Bread.
(d) Soup.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mary is fearful the Indians will grow tired of Georgie's crying and do what?

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

3. How do the Indians cross the river on the fifth day on the trail?

4. What does the spring smell like that the Indians come to on the twelfth day?

5. Why does Will lie awake at night?

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