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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks Naduah to remain with Old Owl's band as the bands break up at the end of winter in Chapter 23?

2. Who has adopted Bear Cub?

3. Why do New Mexico traders want to buy Rachel?

4. What is the crest placed on arrows for Wanderer?

5. What name is the pony given in the war party ceremony christened with?

Short Essay Questions

1. How large is the combination of the Wasp and Old Owl's bands when they winter together?

2. Who saves the Medicine Woman from a flood?

3. Who brings help for Wanderer and Eagle?

4. Why do six Indian bands agree to go to San Antonio in the Autumn of 1839?

5. Who does Cynthia Ann Parker continue to fear as she adjusts to life with the Comanche?

6. Who is the leader of the Wasp band of the Comanche?

7. Whose treatment during transportation to the Comanche camps causes Cynthia Ann Parker some discomfort?

8. What happens to Rachel in Chapters 27-28?

9. Why does Eagle antagonize his captors?

10. What is the name of the Indian warrior who takes Cynthia Ann Parker captive?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Wanderer begin targeting settlements in Texas for his raids? What have the Texans done to bring this on? Who is right and who is wrong? What weapons do Wanderer and his band use against the Texans? Which weapons would Wanderer prefer to use? For what reason? What happens at Plum Creek? Could this have been prevented? Why was it not?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Rachel? How is Rachel treated by her Indian captives? For what reason do they treat Rachel in this way? Why is there such a contrast between the way Rachel is treated and the way the Parker children are treated? Are the Parkers treated so different because they are children? What might have happened to Cynthia if she had been a few years older? Why is Rachel's child killed? How does she feel about this? Why does Rachel blame her husband for not rescuing her sooner? What might Rachel's husband have done?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Cynthia remain with the Indians for so long? Why does Cynthia marry an Indian warrior? Does Cynthia love her husband? What is life like for Cynthia? How might it have been different had she not been taken by the Indians? Could Cynthia have run away and returned to the white world? If so, why did she not? Is Cynthia a bad person for adopting the Indian way of life? Why do the white men look down on Cynthia when they rescue her?

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