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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bear Cub consider a slow death in his life outside Old Owl's band?
(a) Living in a house and wearing white man's clothing.
(b) Living on a farm.
(c) Living with the Parker family.
(d) Living in the city.

2. For what reason does Pahayuca take his people off the Staked Plains?
(a) They are starving.
(b) They are unable to find the plant foods they need to survive.
(c) They are unwilling to hunt anymore.
(d) They are suffering the white man's illness.

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. What injury does Wanderer suffer during a raid in Chapter 50?
(a) A near scalping.
(b) A bullet wound.
(c) An arrow wound.
(d) A knife wound.

5. What do New Mexican poachers trade with Wanderer in order to make up for the stealing of buffalo meat to feed their people?
(a) Gold.
(b) Corn bread.
(c) Turquoise.
(d) Horses.

6. What causes the journey back from Plum Creek to be so difficult on young warriors like Upstream?
(a) There was no loot.
(b) There was no food or water.
(c) There was no arrows.
(d) There were no horses.

7. Why does Elder James Parker beat Bear Cub on a regular basis?
(a) To punish him for going off with the Indians.
(b) To beat the evil, meaning the Indian ways, out of him.
(c) To punish him for not following the rules.
(d) To teach him how to behave in civilized society.

8. Where do the Quohadi live?
(a) East New Mexico.
(b) Southern Oklahoma.
(c) North Texas.
(d) East Arizona.

9. Why does Wanderer tell Naduah he has returned to the Wasp band in Chapter 35?
(a) To take over Pahayuca's job.
(b) To find a wife.
(c) To avenge the death of a friend.
(d) To help with the season's hunt.

10. Why does Bear Cub decide to leave the Indians in Chapter 47?
(a) The Indians remind him too much of dead friends.
(b) The Indian life has changed.
(c) The Indians are cruel to him.
(d) The Indians no longer do what he wants.

11. What do the soldiers quickly notice about Naduah in Chapter 54?
(a) She is old.
(b) She is white.
(c) She is a warrior.
(d) She is the chief's wife.

12. Where does Wanderer concentrate his raids in the winter of 1849?
(a) The Sante Fe Trail.
(b) The Oregon Trail.
(c) The Cherokee Trail.
(d) The California Trail.

13. Who heals Wanderer's injury in Chapter 50?
(a) Quanah.
(b) Naduah.
(c) Pecan.
(d) Medicine Woman.

14. Why do the soldiers announce they have killed the Noconi leader?
(a) They think they have, but mistake him with Gathered Up.
(b) They think it will make Naduah submit to them.
(c) They want the glory.
(d) They want to cause fear among the Comanche.

15. What does Naduah do when the women at the fort are done with her in Chapter 54?
(a) Violently attacks them.
(b) Refuses to eat.
(c) Puts back on her own clothing.
(d) Runs away.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did this character in Chapter 44 contract cholera?

3. What does the trader try to tell Wanderer and Naduah about Texas and their ability to beat them in a war?

4. Why do the Comanche declare war on Texas?

5. Where does Naduah want to winter in Chapter 42?

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