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

2. Why does Ghetel say she is better off living in the Indian village?
(a) Because at least she had food to eat.
(b) Because the village had people.
(c) Because the village had horses.
(d) Because the village had shelter.

3. After passing the spring that burns, Ghetel wants to quit and threatens to do what to Mary?
(a) Kill her.
(b) Eat her.
(c) Leave her.
(d) Hug her.

4. Mary wants to give up at the beginning of Chapter 23, but fears Will will one day find what?
(a) Ghetel.
(b) Her horse.
(c) Sticks.
(d) Her bleached out bones.

5. Who asks where Mary has been for the past five months?
(a) Junior.
(b) Hank.
(c) Adam.
(d) Will.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is applied to Mary's swollen limbs?

2. What is one thing Mary says she will never tell once she gets home?

3. Why doesn't Mary go on without her when Ghetel goes back for the horse?

4. What does Ghetel plan to do with the spear she snatches from Mary while they are pulling roots?

5. What do Mary and Ghetel eat to supplement their meager findings?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Will ask Mary for forgiveness?

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

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

4. Describe why Ghetel's threat to eat Mary is one Mary considers is justified?

5. Why does Mary complain that walking with Ghetel is a huge burden?

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

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

8. Describe Ghetel's state of mind when she threatens to eat Mary in Chapter 23.

9. Who does Ghetel believe Adam Harmon to be when he approaches her in the woods?

10. Explain why Ghetel suddenly attacks Mary.

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