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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many miles does Mary walk her first day away from the Indian camp?
(a) 10-12 miles.
(b) 5-10 miles.
(c) 15-20 miles .
(d) 20-26 miles.

2. What do the Indians do before arriving at their camp?
(a) Bathe in the river.
(b) Paint their faces.
(c) Hunt for food.
(d) Bind the captives.

3. Why doesn't Mary's husband's gun fire?
(a) It is not loaded.
(b) It gets knocked out of her hands.
(c) It is broken.
(d) It is jammed.

4. What herd of animals do the Indians attack on the thirteenth day?
(a) Bears.
(b) Deer.
(c) Buffalo.
(d) Elk.

5. Who invites Mary to move into his home?
(a) Henry.
(b) LaPlante.
(c) Chief Wildcat.
(d) Goulart.

6. Who is willing to take Will's ransom to the Shawnees?
(a) Johnny Draper.
(b) Gander Jack.
(c) Snake Stick.
(d) LaPlante.

7. What does the spring smell like that the Indians come to on the twelfth day?
(a) The ocean.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Rotten eggs.
(d) Fish.

8. How many times does it take Henry to successfully complete the gauntlet?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

9. Mary is fearful the Indians will grow tired of Georgie's crying and do what?
(a) Sell him.
(b) Eat him.
(c) Take him away.
(d) Silence him.

10. Why does Will lie awake at night?
(a) He's afraid of the Indians.
(b) He's hungry.
(c) He's worried.
(d) He's nervous.

11. Where are the captives tied during the Indians' celebrations?
(a) In the center of the village.
(b) In a field.
(c) In a forest.
(d) On the bank of a river.

12. Who is taken away by Indians at the end of the slave auction?
(a) Bettie.
(b) Henry.
(c) Georgie.
(d) Tommy.

13. Which character is taken hostage by the Indians?
(a) Will Draper.
(b) Henry Lenard.
(c) Johnny Draper.
(d) Eleanor Draper.

14. Who runs to Mary's house when the Indians attack Draper's Meadow?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Will.
(c) Eleanor.
(d) Bettie.

15. Who is tied by the neck and made to walk alongside the horses?
(a) Bettie.
(b) Henry Lenard.
(c) Georgie.
(d) Tommy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take Mary and Ghetel to make it back to the French's trading post?

2. What nationality is Ghetel?

3. What do the captives withdraw from the spring water?

4. Who runs the gauntlet first?

5. What is Mary Draper's relationship to Bettie Draper?

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