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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many members of the raiding party were killed at Plum Creek?
(a) A half.
(b) A third.
(c) A fourth.
(d) Three fourths.

2. What is causing the buffalo to become less prevalent on Indian lands during the novel's setting?
(a) Colder winters.
(b) Over hunting by the Indians.
(c) Illness.
(d) The migration of the white people.

3. Who spots Naduah during a raid in Chapter 42?
(a) Cherokee.
(b) White soldiers.
(c) White settlers.
(d) Texas Rangers.

4. Who promises Naduah he will reunite her with Wanderer if she will go home with him?
(a) Issac Parker.
(b) Ben Parker.
(c) Elder James Parker.
(d) Silas Parker.

5. What happens on the way home from Linnville to the raiding party?
(a) They are attacked by the army.
(b) They are drowned in a swollen river.
(c) They are arrested by local police authorities.
(d) They are ambushed by Texas Rangers.

6. Who have the soldiers killed in Chapter 53?
(a) Only children and old women.
(b) Only elderly women.
(c) Only women, children, and old men.
(d) Only women, children, and livestock.

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

8. Circle of life is what style element in Chapters 31-33?
(a) Simile.
(b) Theme.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Symbolism.

9. What does Wanderer trade for the guns in Chapter 41?
(a) Horses.
(b) Turquiose.
(c) Gold.
(d) Grain.

10. What item does Wanderer find in Linnville that he feels Naduah will like?
(a) A fancy silk dress.
(b) A hand-tooled saddle.
(c) A gold brooch.
(d) A throroughbred horse.

11. Who does Wanderer face over the body of his father in Chapter 52?
(a) Placido.
(b) Hawk.
(c) Buffalo Piss.
(d) Eagle.

12. Where did this character in Chapter 44 contract cholera?
(a) As an escort of a military troop moving to Texas.
(b) As an escort of a wagon train to California.
(c) As an escort of a military troop moving East.
(d) As an escort on a wagon train to Illinois.

13. From whom does Quanah attempt to protect his mother in Chapter 47?
(a) White settlers.
(b) White traders.
(c) White soldiers.
(d) White Texas Rangers.

14. Why does Buffalo Piss come to the Quahadi in Chapter 38?
(a) To attend a war council.
(b) To visit Wanderer.
(c) To ask for food.
(d) To talk about winter camp arrangements.

15. What items does Wanderer take from a settlement at Linnville?
(a) Horses and saddles.
(b) Gold and silver.
(c) Guns and ammo.
(d) Clothes and jewelry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of gun do the white soldiers use against the Indians that makes the fight unfair in Chapter 39?

2. Who heals Wanderer's injury in Chapter 50?

3. What does Bear Cub consider a slow death in his life outside Old Owl's band?

4. What weapon does Wanderer take from the raid in Chapter 50?

5. Who is Elder James Parker?

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