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

2. What does Mary spear on the third day with the horse?

3. What does Mary beat Ghetel with?

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

5. Which character needs constant prodding to keep going?

Short Essay Questions

1. What one impulsive act does Ghetel's massive hunger cause her to do?

2. Who does Ghetel believe Adam Harmon to be when he approaches her in the woods?

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

4. Why does Mary ask the Harmons to go search for Ghetel?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Describe why Mary's account does not mention the daughter she left behind. What may have been her reasoning, and what themes does this tie into?

Essay Topic 3

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

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