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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who crosses the river in a leaky canoe?
(a) Gander Jack.
(b) Ghetel.
(c) Mary.
(d) Snake Stick.

2. What does Mary do when Adam asks about the others who are kidnapped?
(a) She cries herself to sleep.
(b) She runs out of the cabin.
(c) She tells him everything.
(d) She screams.

3. Who gets the shortest straw when deciding who gets to eat whom?
(a) Will.
(b) Mary.
(c) Ghetel.
(d) Snake Stick.

4. Which character needs constant prodding to keep going?
(a) Johnny Draper.
(b) Mary.
(c) Ghetel.
(d) Will.

5. What is one thing Mary says she will never tell once she gets home?
(a) That she left her baby with the Indians.
(b) That she lost the horse.
(c) That she traveled with Ghetel.
(d) That she was lost.

6. What does Will Ingles believe Snake Stick is missing?
(a) Honor.
(b) Persistence.
(c) Pride.
(d) Shame.

7. After passing the spring that burns, Ghetel wants to quit and threatens to do what to Mary?
(a) Eat her.
(b) Leave her.
(c) Kill her.
(d) Hug her.

8. What animal does Mary notice is not afraid of humans?
(a) Wolves.
(b) Horses.
(c) Rabbits.
(d) Birds.

9. Where do Adam Harmon and his sons plan to go when they see Mary?
(a) The fields.
(b) Draper's Meadow.
(c) Drunkard's Bottom.
(d) The O-Y-O.

10. What does Ghetel plan to do with the spear she snatches from Mary while they are pulling roots?
(a) Eat Mary.
(b) Hunt rabbits.
(c) Spear fish.
(d) Hunt deer.

11. Mary wants to give up at the beginning of Chapter 23, but fears Will will one day find what?
(a) Her horse.
(b) Sticks.
(c) Her bleached out bones.
(d) Ghetel.

12. Where do Mary and Ghetel spend two nights?
(a) In a forest.
(b) In a cave.
(c) In a hole.
(d) In a hollow log.

13. When does the horse become injured?
(a) When Ghetel rode it.
(b) When it fell in the woods.
(c) When it tried to run away.
(d) When crossing the small stream.

14. How long have Mary and Ghetel gone without food at the beginning of Chapter 17?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 1 day.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 4 weeks.

15. How does Mary become ill with a runny nose and losing her voice?
(a) She eats berries.
(b) She has no clothes.
(c) She drinks water from the river.
(d) She eats her own bowel movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "Any marnin' th' good Lord lets'ee open you eyes, that's a day he's got something' f'r ye t' do."?

2. Who does Ghetel blame for her hunger and miserable journey?

3. Who brings in the slab of calf meat for Mary's broth?

4. What is Mary annoyed by at the beginning of Chapter 23?

5. What animal does Ghetel want to be so she can get Mary?

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