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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. Who carries Mary from the lodge where the slave auction occurs?
(a) Ghetel.
(b) Chief Wildcat.
(c) Henry.
(d) LaPlante and Goulart.

2. Who keeps Mary from running the gauntlet?
(a) Bettie.
(b) Ghetel.
(c) Henry.
(d) Chief Wildcat.

3. Who is scalped?
(a) Phillip Barger.
(b) Eleanor Ingles.
(c) Bettie Draper.
(d) Casper Bernie.

4. How long does Mary estimate it will take to get back to Draper's Meadow?
(a) Six months.
(b) A month and a half.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Over two months.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who cares for Mary's daughter?

3. How does Will Draper feel about getting his family back in Chapter 3?

4. Who mimics an Indian woman giving birth on the trail?

5. Where are Will and Johnny Draper during the Shawnee Indians' attack?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Mary scream out during the delivery of her baby?

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

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

4. Why is Mary given a basket at the beginning of Chapter 7?

5. 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.

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

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

8. Describe the place that explodes when fire or something burning is dropped on it.

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

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

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