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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. Where does Mack say he will take both Natalya and her father?

2. Where does Mack meet Natalya in Chapter 16?

3. Why is Kyra so confused?

4. Where is Kyra sent?

5. What is Pennington's specialty?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Mack's routine at the village?

2. What does Mack do with the bear he sees?

3. Why does the colonel think Mack would be interested in meeting Alekhin?

4. Why does Kyra want to change the guards at the Chinese border?

5. What does Colonel Zamatev already know about Mack?

6. Why doesn't Mack want to get close to Natayla?

7. How does Yakov help Mack?

8. How does Mack prepare to leave the village?

9. Why is a bow so important for Mack?

10. Why does Natayla want to make Mack a shirt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 3

Examine Mack's Indian identity.

1. How does Mack's Indian heritage help him in the novel?

2. What does it suggest about America in the fifties that a Native American could be so loyal towards the USA.

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