Ride the Wind: The Story of Cynthia Ann Parker and the Last Days of the Comanche Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Lucia St. Clair Robson
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Ride the Wind: The Story of Cynthia Ann Parker and the Last Days of the Comanche Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Lucia St. Clair Robson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 132 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Something Good take Naduah shortly after her arrival with the band?
(a) On a vision quest.
(b) Bee hive hunting.
(c) Shopping in the white settlement.
(d) Buffalo hunting.

3. Where do Bear Cub's loyalties lie when the white soldiers attack Old Owl's band?
(a) With Old Owl and the Comanche.
(b) With Old Owl and the injured soldiers.
(c) With the white soldiers.
(d) With the white soldiers and the dead Comanche.

4. What name is the pony given in the war party ceremony christened with?
(a) Wind.
(b) Snow.
(c) Rain.
(d) Cloud.

5. Where does Rachel go after she is released by the Indians in Chapter 27?
(a) Houston, Texas.
(b) Parker's Fort.
(c) Las Vegas, Nevada.
(d) Sante Fe, New Mexico.

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

7. What advantage on the battlefield does Wanderer believe the white man has?
(a) Knives.
(b) Numbers.
(c) Guns.
(d) Maps.

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

9. Why is Cynthia afraid Wanderer will kill her?
(a) She misunderstands his actions.
(b) She wants him to.
(c) She has read too many fiction stories.
(d) She has done something to offend him.

10. What is pemmican?
(a) A hatchet used by Comanche.
(b) A concentrated mix of fruit and water.
(c) A special type of arrow.
(d) A concentrated mixture of fat and protein.

11. What consequence do the Wasp suffer from Deep Water's actions?
(a) A ghost plagues the Wasp camp.
(b) The smallpox infects five Wasps.
(c) The survivors of White Robe's band raid their camp.
(d) The soldiers follow to retrieve the item.

12. What happens to the bands of Comanche who go to San Antonio for the 1839 peace treaty talks?
(a) They are placed on a reservation in Oklahoma.
(b) They recieve land and cattle.
(c) They are shipped to lands in Illinois.
(d) They are killed and captured.

13. What act usually makes an agreement unbreakable between two Comanche warriors?
(a) Shaking on it.
(b) The simple act of agreeing.
(c) Kissing on it.
(d) Smoking on it.

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

15. Where is Parker's Fort?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Texas.
(c) Oaklahoma.
(d) Wyoming.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who delivers Something Good's baby?

2. Why are the Indians at the fort?

3. Who built Parker's Fort?

4. How much money does Texas set aside to rid the countryside of Comanche?

5. Why is Cynthia Ann Parker given a new name?

(see the answer keys)

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