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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III, Fall: Chapters 44 - 47.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What self mutilation on a squaw's part shows her grief for a fallen warrior or deceased family member?
(a) She cuts her arms in a specific pattern.
(b) She cuts off her hair and the tip of her finger.
(c) She tattoos the name on her body.
(d) She starves herself until she, too, dies.

2. What news greets Wanderer when he returns to the Wasp camp after the ambush at Plum Creek?
(a) Raids have killed his mother.
(b) His father has been captured by white soldiers.
(c) His brother died at Plum Creek.
(d) Raids are decimating Comanche bands.

3. Why is the body of this character in Chapter 44 who died of cholera not buried, but burned?
(a) Because he was disrespected.
(b) To signal other bands to stay away.
(c) This is the traditional burial of Comanche.
(d) To prevent spread of the disease.

4. How do Naduah, Bear Cub, and Wanderer decide to deal with the spread of white man's disease?
(a) To move off the Staked Plain.
(b) To kill all the white men in the area.
(c) To steal white man's medicine.
(d) To minimize exposure to the white man.

5. Where does Bear Cub decide to settle in the end of Chapter 47?
(a) North Texas.
(b) Oklahoma.
(c) A ranch in Mexico.
(d) A farm in Illinois.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Naduah and Wanderer's second child?

2. Why do the Comanche declare war on Texas?

3. What is causing the buffalo to become less prevalent on Indian lands during the novel's setting?

4. Why does Bear Cub decide to leave the Indians in Chapter 47?

5. Where does Bear Cub go after the death of his friend in Chapter 44?

(see the answer key)

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