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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 brings in the slab of calf meat for Mary's broth?
(a) Adam.
(b) Hank.
(c) Junior.
(d) Will.

2. What does Adam Harmon believe will help Mary?
(a) Water.
(b) A steak.
(c) Beef tea.
(d) Milk.

3. Which character's teeth are becoming loose?
(a) Mary's.
(b) Will's.
(c) Ghetel's.
(d) Snake Stick's.

4. Who gets the shortest straw when deciding who gets to eat whom?
(a) Snake Stick.
(b) Will.
(c) Ghetel.
(d) Mary.

5. What does Snake Stick threaten to do with the ransom?
(a) Bury it.
(b) Burn it.
(c) Take it to the Shawnee Indians.
(d) Keep it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary pack their wounds with when she and Ghetel are hurt crossing a stream?

2. What is one thing Mary and Ghetel lose when crossing the river?

3. What thought keeps Mary traveling even though she's ill?

4. What does Mary do when Adam asks about the others who are kidnapped?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Mary struggle to remain dedicated to getting home on her own without Ghetel?

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

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

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

8. Why does Will ask Mary for forgiveness?

9. Why does it scare Mary when Ghetel eats the frog's tiny front legs?

10. How does Mary approach the Harmon men?

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