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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 does Naduah meet again during the winter?

2. What do the Wasps find at the camp of White Robe's band?

3. What do the Comanche call the month of February?

4. What natural disaster strikes the Wasp the first year Naduah is with them?

5. Why is Cynthia Ann Parker given a new name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who brings help for Wanderer and Eagle?

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

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

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

6. Does Bear Cub want to return with the white man after a group of soldiers raids Old Owl's band?

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

8. What is Naduah envious of in connection with Bear Cub's behavior?

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

10. What new name is Cynthia given upon her arrival with the Comanche? What does it mean?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is white man's disease? How does white man's disease spread to the Indians? How does Neduah keep smallpox from spreading through the Wasp band? Which disease finally kills Old Owl? How does Bear Cub react to this knowledge? How does Bear Cub contract this disease? Does he survive? What disease kills Neduah's Indian parents and grandmother? How does she react to this news? Could this devastation have been prevented?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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