Follow the River Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

James Alexander Thom
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 102 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Follow the River Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

James Alexander Thom
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 102 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 does one of the braves wave as the Indians arrive at the camp?
(a) A branch.
(b) A scalp.
(c) A pelt.
(d) A flag.

2. What does Mary tell the other captives while tied to the post?
(a) To be silent.
(b) To be mean.
(c) To be strong and dignified.
(d) To be angry.

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

4. According to Goulart, what kind of person has a hard life in the Indian village?
(a) A person who doesn't do anything.
(b) A person who fights against them.
(c) A person who has nothing to offer.
(d) A person who has something to offer.

5. Why is Colonel Patton shot during the Shawnee Indians' attack at Draper's Meadow?
(a) He fights back.
(b) He refuses to leave his home.
(c) He is elderly.
(d) He is sleeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Mary and Ghetel find a little ways from the village?

2. Where are the captives tied during the Indians' celebrations?

3. What happens to the two white captives marked for death?

4. Who cares for Mary's daughter?

5. What does Mary eat for breakfast the first morning away from the Indians?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mary's pride make her blind to the situation with Chief Wildcat?

2. Why does Mary believe the bond between her daughter, Bettie Eleanor, and Otter Girl is for the best?

3. How are Mary's preconceived notions about the Indians challenged by her actual experiences with them?

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

5. Why does it upset Mary that the Indians are given a hero's welcome when they return?

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. 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.

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

9. Why does Mary's laughter at the Chief's joking about birth anger Bettie?

10. Why does LaPlante buy Mary?

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