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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What vaccine do the white men refuse to give the Wasp band in Chapter 48?
(a) Polio.
(b) Measles.
(c) Chickenpox.
(d) Smallpox.

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

5. What happens when the Wasp band goes off on its own again in Chapter 48?
(a) They are destroyed by smallpox.
(b) They are overwhelmed with chickenpox.
(c) They all become disabled from polio.
(d) They all break out with measle rashes.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason does Pahayuca take his people off the Staked Plains?

2. Why do the soldiers announce they have killed the Noconi leader?

3. Why is Naduah caught by the raiders in Chapter 53?

4. What argument does Wanderer have with Buffalo Piss as they prepare to return to camp?

5. Why does Old Owl return Bear Cub to the white man in Chapter 34?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Plum Creek? What happens there?

2. Why do Naduah and Wanderer travel to meet up with the Quohadi tribe?

3. Where is Naduah taken after her capture? For what purpose?

4. Why does Wanderer fail to search for Naduah immediately after her capture?

5. Why does Wanderer take guns and ammunition from a Texas settlement he and Buffalo Piss have raided with a group of warriors?

6. Why is Naduah angry when Wanderer returns to the Wasp in order to find a wife?

7. Why does Wanderer struggle with the decision to leave Naduah in order to rejoin his father's band in the North?

8. How do the Indians prefer to live their lives?

9. What does Old Owl's actions in the face of pressure from the white people to return Bear Cub say about his strengths as a leader?

10. What happens between Wanderer and his father after the failed battle with the white man's five shooters?

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