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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. What name is given to Wanderer's band?

2. How long has Bear Cub been a member of Old Owl's band?

3. Where did this character in Chapter 44 contract cholera?

4. Why does Wanderer begin his own band?

5. What items does Wanderer take from a settlement at Linnville?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What news does Bear Cub bring to Wanderer's band when he catches up to them?

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

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

5. Why does Wanderer fail to search for Naduah immediately after her capture?

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

7. What does Old Owl's actions in the face of pressure from the white people to return Bear Cub say about his strengths as a leader?

8. How do the Indians prefer to live their lives?

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

10. Why is Naduah afraid of a group of white traders who come to the Naconi camp?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the end of the novel, both Cynthia and her Indian husband, Wanderer, die. Why do they die? What does this say about the way they feel for one another? What does this say about Cynthia's feelings for the Indian way of life? How does Cynthia's death compare with Rachel's? Did they die of similar causes? What might Rachel's life have been like if she had not been captured or had been rescued sooner? How might Cynthia's life have ended differently if she had not been captured or was rescued sooner?

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

Cynthia Ann Parker's character changes as the novel progresses. Discuss character growth. How does the author show the reader that Cynthia/Naduah has grown and changed? How does Cynthia forget her white roots and embrace her Indian way of life? How does the author show growth in John Parker/Bear Cub? Why does Bear Cub choose a different path than his sister? What does that say about his own personal growth? How does Rachel's story contrast with Cynthia's? Does this show growth for Cynthia? For Rachel?

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