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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 is the first landmark Mary and Ghetel come to that confirms they are traveling in the right direction?

2. What does Adam Harmon believe will help Mary?

3. What does Mary do to Ghetel when they come to another river at the beginning of Chapter 23?

4. What animal do Mary and Ghetel attempt to kill?

5. What animal does Ghetel want to be so she can get Mary?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mary approach the Harmon men?

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

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

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

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

6. Explain why Ghetel suddenly attacks Mary.

7. Explain why Mary doesn't care that the cabin she approaches in Chapter 28 may be home to Indians.

8. Explain why the Harmon men cry at Mary's condition instead of being repulsed by her.

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

10. Why does Will ask Mary for forgiveness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Historical facts and myths about Native Americans are incorporated throughout Follow the River. Using examples from the text, explain how Mary Ingles' beliefs about the Shawnees both help and hinder her survival.

Essay Topic 2

How does the tomahawk become a symbol of Native Americans as a tool and a weapon in Follow the River? How are the Indians portrayed as both a threat and a useful people?

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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