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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 is Adam Harmon's first instruction to his sons?
(a) Get a blanket.
(b) Go get water.
(c) Go get help.
(d) Kill their calf.

2. What do Mary and Ghetel do as they continue down river after Mary escapes to the other side?
(a) Sing.
(b) Run.
(c) Fight.
(d) Shout.

3. What is the first landmark Mary and Ghetel come to that confirms they are traveling in the right direction?
(a) Salt springs.
(b) The bridge.
(c) The forest.
(d) The O-Y-O River.

4. What does Mary beat Ghetel with?
(a) A shoe.
(b) A stick.
(c) A blanket.
(d) A tomahawk.

5. What does Mary spear on the third day with the horse?
(a) A squirrel.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) A frog.
(d) A catfish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mary wants to give up at the beginning of Chapter 23, but fears Will will one day find what?

2. 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."?

3. Where do Mary and Ghetel spend two nights?

4. What do Mary and Ghetel eat that makes them sick?

5. How many miles does Mary say she walked?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Mary finds the cabin and the two turnips, she only eats one. Explain why one turnip is enough to make Mary full.

2. Why does Mary believe she has prompted God's anger?

3. Why does Mary doubt her ability to get back to Draper's Meadow in Chapter 19?

4. Mary's horse is injured when crossing a small stream. What does this accident foreshadow?

5. Explain why Mary doesn't care that the cabin she approaches in Chapter 28 may be home to Indians.

6. Explain why Mary is reluctant to give Ghetel the tomahawk after four days without food.

7. Why are the first few moments awkward when Will and Mary reunited?

8. Describe how Mary relies on the approval of others despite being the leader in control of the journey?

9. Why is the loss of the tomahawk significant to Mary and Ghetel?

10. Why are Mary and Ghetel unable to pinpoint what roots have made them sick?

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