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

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

3. What is cholera?
(a) An infectious disease of the gastrointestinal track.
(b) A flu-like illness.
(c) A measles-like illness.
(d) An infection of the lungs.

4. Why do the Comanche declare war on Texas?
(a) In revenge for the murder of White Robe's band.
(b) Out of jealousy for the cattle they did not receive.
(c) Out of jealousy for the reservations they were not allowed to go to.
(d) In revenge for the events at San Antonio.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What news greets Wanderer when he returns to the Wasp camp after the ambush at Plum Creek?

2. Who dies of cholera in Chapter 44?

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

4. Why does Bear Cub decide to leave the Indians in Chapter 47?

5. What does Wanderer believe the Comanche need to fight the white man?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Old Owl die? What happens to his remains?

4. Why does Naduah agree to go with Cynthia Ann Parker's uncle after her capture by white soldiers?

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

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

7. Why does Pahayuca make the decision to leave the reservation?

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

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

10. What decision does Bear Cub make in chapter 47 that Naduah deeply disagrees with, causing her to disown him as her brother?

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