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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 is Noah Smithwick?

2. Who delivers Something Good's baby?

3. Who built Parker's Fort?

4. What happens to Rachel Plummer's baby?

5. Who is rumored to be the father of Something Good's baby?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does Naduah choose to go when the winter camp breaks and the two bands go their separate ways?

3. Who ambushes and captures Wanderer, Eagle, and Spaniard while they are hunting? Why?

4. What is Naduah taught during the buffalo hunt?

5. To whom is Something Good married? How is she risking bringing shame on herself?

6. Why does Wanderer tell Naduah that the raid on Parker's Fort took place?

7. What weather event causes the Wasp difficulty in finding food after they are forced to abandon their camp due to fire?

8. Who entrusts Naduah with his war gear after the successful raid on the People Eaters?

9. Who saves the Medicine Woman from a flood?

10. What group of Indians raid Parker's Fort? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The story of Cynthia Ann Parker is based on fact. How has the author fictionalized the story? What changes were made? For what reason? How much of this novel is based on fact? How does the author present the true facts of the novel? Did the author stay close to the truth?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Eagle? Why does he sacrifice himself for Wanderer? What relationship is Eagle involved in that threatens to bring shame on him and his love? Why does Eagle continue this relationship when he knows it could cause him shame? Whose child is it rumored Eagle has fathered? What happens to this woman, to this child? Who kills Eagle? For what reason? What revenge plan is hatched to avenge Eagle's murder? How does this lead to Cynthia Ann Parker returning to her white family?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the search for the white captives by white society. Why do they not search for the Parkers immediately? Why do they pay a ransom for Rachel and John upon their discovery? Do the traders who search for the captives have honest intentions? Do the white captives want to return to their homes and families? Why or why not? How does Rachel feel when she goes back to white society? Why does she die so young? Could Rachel's husband have waited longer for her? Why did he not?

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