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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 share for warmth?

2. What does Mary prod Ghetel with after Ghetel refuses to continue in Chapter 23?

3. What is Adam Harmon's first instruction to his sons?

4. What does Mary say is a pretty sound?

5. Where does Ghetel bite Mary?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Will ask Mary for forgiveness?

3. Explain why Mary is reluctant to give Ghetel the tomahawk after four days without food.

4. Why does Mary doubt her ability to get back to Draper's Meadow in Chapter 19?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Interpret the meaning of the tomahawk in Mary's and Ghetel's journey toward civilization.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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