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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is John Parker?
(a) Cynthia's six-year-old brother and fellow captor.
(b) Cynthia's fifteen-year-old brother and potential rescurer.
(c) Cynthia's uncle.
(d) Cynthia's cousin.

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

3. How do Indians hunt buffalo?
(a) With mixed groups of men and women.
(b) In groups.
(c) In pairs.
(d) One on one.

4. Who delivers Something Good's baby?
(a) Medicine Woman and Takes Down the Lodge.
(b) Takes Down the Lodge and Naduah.
(c) Medicine Woman and Naduah.
(d) Naduah and Six Toes.

5. 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 her arms in a specific pattern.
(c) She cuts off her hair and the tip of her finger.
(d) She starves herself until she, too, dies.

6. Why does this man refuse to help rescue the Parkers' captured family members?
(a) He believe the Indians have a right to the captured.
(b) He believes the Indians are too powerful to fight.
(c) He believes the Indians have moved too far away.
(d) He believes a rescue attempt would kill the captured victims.

7. What does Naduah sacrifice in order to help the Wasp band eat?
(a) Her pet buffalo.
(b) Her pet deer.
(c) Her pet dog.
(d) Her pet antelope.

8. What does Wanderer really do in Medicine Woman's lodge while the camp evacuates in the face of a natural disaster?
(a) Takes medicine for a friend.
(b) Steals her belongings.
(c) Saves her life.
(d) Finds refuge.

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

10. Where do the Wasp plan to winter that first year Naduah is with them?
(a) With Old Owl's band.
(b) On a reservation.
(c) On a sacred mountain.
(d) With the Souix.

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

12. How long does it take Naduah to forget her Christian name?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Six months.
(c) She never forgets.
(d) Six days.

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

14. Why is a crest placed on an Indian's arrow?
(a) To show which tribe of Indian the warrior belongs to.
(b) To show which band the Indian belongs to.
(c) To show who the arrow belongs to.
(d) To show the family the warrior belongs to.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Naduah often wonder about her white family in the early days with the Comanche?

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

3. Why has Cynthia Ann Parker been given to this Comanche couple?

4. What happens to the bands of Comanche who go to San Antonio for the 1839 peace treaty talks?

5. What animal blunders into the Wasp camp in an attempt to escape a fire?

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