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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the two white captives marked for death?
(a) They are shot.
(b) They are released.
(c) They are burned to death.
(d) They are hanged.

2. What do Mary and Ghetel find at the bottom of a creek?
(a) A trout.
(b) A catfish.
(c) A tuna.
(d) Clams

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

4. Who does Mary have imaginary conversations with?
(a) Her sons.
(b) Eleanor.
(c) Bettie.
(d) Will.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is at the salt spring camp with Mary?

2. Why does Mary faint during the slave auction?

3. Which trait does Mary feel the Shawnee Indians will respect?

4. Who runs to Mary's house when the Indians attack Draper's Meadow?

5. What are Mary's two sons doing when the Shawnee Indians' attack?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mary fear the Indians will do to her unborn child when they attack?

2. Why does Bettie Draper run directly to Mary's house when the Shawnee Indians attack in Chapter 1?

3. How do Mary's beliefs about Indians keep her safe throughout her experience living in Indian territory?

4. Goulart's makes the comment that a useful person is valued in the Indian village, while someone with nothing to offer will have a hard life. Describe how this is proven to be true during the slave auction.

5. How does Mary begin to erase her baby, Bettie Eleanor, from her memory and heart?

6. What is the significance of Mary saying that there is a way to return if there is a way across the O-Y-O?

7. Why are Eleanor Draper and Casper Barrier killed by the Shawnee Indians?

8. Why does LaPlante buy Mary?

9. Why does Bettie become angry with Mary during the trip to the Indians' village?

10. Why does Mary give Bettie her seat on the horse?

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