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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. What do Mary and Ghetel find at the bottom of a creek?

2. Who do the Shawnee fight beside?

3. Who runs to Mary's house when the Indians attack Draper's Meadow?

4. What business proposition does Mary consider?

5. What does Mary eat for breakfast the first morning away from the Indians?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Mary and Ghetel similar?

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

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

4. Why does Mary believe the bond between her daughter, Bettie Eleanor, and Otter Girl is for the best?

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

6. How are Mary's preconceived notions about the Indians challenged by her actual experiences with them?

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

8. What does Bettie think of Mary for allowing Otter Girl to nurse the baby?

9. Why is Mary surprised that Chief Wildcat sold her?

10. Gander Jack leads Will and Johnny Draper into the heart of Cherokee Indian country. Describe why Will had the "gollywobbles."

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mary cares for others throughout the journey. Describe how this trait kept her going and why she seemed to be lost when she had no one to care for toward the end of journey.

Essay Topic 2

Why is it important to Mary that the two Harmon sons do not tell people at Drunkard's Bottom that Ghetel tried to eat her?

Essay Topic 3

Will Ingles admits that Mary's feat is one he could not have done. Explain why George Washington and the Harmon sons doubt Mary's story.

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