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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who keeps Mary from running the gauntlet?

2. What does Mary trade for her sewing skills?

3. Who does Mary think is "beauteous?"

4. What do the Shawnee Indians create with hot water and herbs?

5. How many miles does Mary walk her first day away from the Indian camp?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Ghetel's insatiable appetite problematic for Mary?

3. 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.

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

5. Why is Mary appalled by the thought that the Chief is "beauteous?"

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

7. Why doesn't Will help protect his family when the Indians attack?

8. Why does Mary want Ghetel go along to Draper's Meadow?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several times throughout Follow the River, Mary states she won't tell certain things. Why would she want to keep those things secret?

Essay Topic 2

Several times throughout the journey, Mary questions herself and tells herself she doesn't need Ghetel and then later recants. Explain why Mary needs Ghetel as much as Ghetel needs her.

Essay Topic 3

Explain why Mary begins to refer to her daughter as "it," and how she feels that God punishes her for abandoning her daughter.

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