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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Detour Through the Desert.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When being held against her will by her relatives, what did Much-Afraid do to get help?
(a) She ran out the back door.
(b) She went to the window and called her neighbor.
(c) She pretended to faint.
(d) She bit Coward's fingers and screamed when he left go.

2. What did Much-Afraid promise the Shepherd after she found him at the trysting place?
(a) That she would not make him wait again.
(b) That she would go with him on his next trip to the mountains.
(c) That she would marry him.
(d) That she would go with him anywhere.

3. How did the rest of her family feel when they realized Much-Afraid had gone with the Shepherd?
(a) They were happy to be rid of her.
(b) They missed her.
(c) They were jealous.
(d) They wanted to join her.

4. What did Much-Afraid do to come to terms with the Shepherd's request to go through the desert?
(a) She built an altar and laid down her will on it.
(b) She rested then started into the desert.
(c) She planted a flower.
(d) She took the hands of her companions and sang.

5. What did Much-Afraid remember that gave her hope that she would find the Shepherd?
(a) The last verse of the song she had read.
(b) That she probably should just marry her cousin.
(c) That she was strong and could make the trip alone.
(d) That she was a Fearling, and Fearlings never gave up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Much-Afraid and her companions see in the desert?

2. What did the Fearling family decide to do about Much-Afraid leaving them?

3. Although Much-Afraid agrees to go with the two strange women the Shepherd has chosen for her traveling companions, what won't she do?

4. For what did the Shepherd gently chide Much-Afraid?

5. What did Much-Afraid do when she found the Shepherd at the trysting place?

(see the answer key)

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