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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. Who is Len Williams?
(a) A Texas Ranger.
(b) A white man come to ransom Cynthia Ann Parker.
(c) A wounded white soldier.
(d) A white government official.

2. What is bartering?
(a) Offering services for goods.
(b) Negotiating a trade or price for goods or services.
(c) Attempting to steal goods or services.
(d) Paying a set amount for goods or services.

3. Where is Plum Creek?
(a) San Antonio, Texas.
(b) Lockhart, Texas.
(c) Houston, Texas.
(d) Austin, Texas.

4. What does Bear Cub find has happened to other bands as he travels in Chapters 44-45?
(a) They have been devastated by cholera.
(b) They have been raided by the white soldiers.
(c) They have been moved to the reservations.
(d) They have been forced to starve to death.

5. What name is given to Naduah and Wanderer's first child?
(a) Quadoi.
(b) Pecos.
(c) Toh-Tsee-Ah.
(d) Quanah.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Naduah grown unhappy with her life in Chapter 35?

2. What is causing the buffalo to become less prevalent on Indian lands during the novel's setting?

3. Why do Wanderer and Buffalo Piss become angry with Pahayuca in the fall of 1854?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Wanderer react when Len Williams offers to pay a ransom for Naduah?

2. How does Naduah find herself a captive of the white man? Who led them to Naduah, therefore fulfilling his promise to Wanderer?

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

4. What promise does Placido make when he faces Wanderer during a raid by white soldiers?

5. Why do the Comanche find themselves forced to trespass on Tanawa territory?

6. What, to Buffalo Piss, is like asking an Indian to stop breathing?

7. By whom is Naduah spotted during a raid by the Noconi? What happens as a result?

8. By 1854, how many years has it been since Cynthia Ann Parker's capture by the Comanche?

9. Why does Wanderer's raiding party not use guns and what is the result?

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

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