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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 does Mary ask about when she wakes up?
(a) Bettie.
(b) Will and Johnny.
(c) Ghetel.
(d) Tommy.

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

3. Where do Mary and the Harmons stop on their way to the fort?
(a) Drunkard Bottom
(b) The farm.
(c) O-Y-O.
(d) Draper's Meadow.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the horse become injured?

2. What happens to Mary's dress during her scuffle with Ghetel?

3. What animal does Mary notice is not afraid of humans?

4. What does Ghetel make for Mary to help her feet?

5. Why doesn't Mary cross over to Ghetel's side of the river?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Ghetel's attack on Mary foreshadowed in a previous chapter?

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

3. Explain why Ghetel suddenly attacks Mary.

4. Why does Mary say her hunger is worse after she eats the second turnip?

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

6. Why does Will ask Mary for forgiveness?

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

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

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

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

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