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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the woman's role in the buffalo hunt?
(a) To kill the animal.
(b) To sharpen the weapons.
(c) To clean and cook the carcass.
(d) To keep the hunters fed.

2. What gift does Takes Down the Lodge give Naduah to welcome her to the family?
(a) A deerskin dress with bells.
(b) A doll with a deerskin dress.
(c) A breechclothe.
(d) Blanket and bow and arrow.

3. How old is Rachel when she dies?
(a) Twenty-one.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Thirty.

4. What does the name Wasp stand for in Pahayuca's band?
(a) A wasp who stings often.
(b) A wasp who stings quickly.
(c) A wasp that is crushed under the foot.
(d) A wasp that is dangerous to the white man.

5. What is the sinew of the buffalo used for?
(a) Making rope.
(b) Making bows.
(c) Making clothes.
(d) Making thread.

6. To whom is Something Good married?
(a) Pahayuna.
(b) Buffalo Piss.
(c) Eagle.
(d) Wanderer.

7. Why has Cynthia Ann Parker been given to this Comanche couple?
(a) To replace their dead child.
(b) To learn to be a proper squaw.
(c) To be a second wife.
(d) To serve them as a slave.

8. Where is Terrible Snows in Chapter 27?
(a) California.
(b) Texas.
(c) Oklahoma.
(d) Montana.

9. Who is Something Good?
(a) A young Comanche woman.
(b) A young English captive.
(c) A young Mohawk woman.
(d) A young Souix woman.

10. How many Comanche bands agree to go to San Antonio for the 1839 peace treaty talks?
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

11. What is the name of Cynthia Ann Parker's captor?
(a) Pahayuna.
(b) Wanderer.
(c) Buffalo Piss.
(d) Eagle.

12. Why does Eagle feel his life is in jeopardy in the Wasp band?
(a) His affair with Something Good.
(b) His role in getting Wanderer captured by the People Eaters.
(c) His insistence on not following the rules.
(d) His affair with Pahayuca.

13. Who asks Naduah to remain with Old Owl's band as the bands break up at the end of winter in Chapter 23?
(a) Old Owl.
(b) Bear Cub.
(c) Sunrise.
(d) Wanderer.

14. What is the brain of the buffalo used for?
(a) Horse food.
(b) Tanning.
(c) Fertilizer.
(d) Eating.

15. What does Rachel learn about her husband after her release?
(a) He has moved to New York.
(b) He has remarried.
(c) He has died.
(d) He has been captured by the Indians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Naduah called to heal after fire takes her sight?

2. Which captive in Chapter 1 has a baby with her?

3. What natural disaster strikes the Wasp the first year Naduah is with them?

4. What does Naduah recognize about the cause of the disaster at White Robe's camp in Chapter 24?

5. To whom is Cynthia Ann Parker given after she is captured by Indians in Chapter 1?

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