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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 does Naduah dislike about the reaction of the other girls upon Wanderer's return in Chapter 35?

2. What do the soldiers quickly notice about Naduah in Chapter 54?

3. For what reason does Pahayuca take his people off the Staked Plains?

4. What injury does Wanderer suffer during a raid in Chapter 50?

5. How long after his rescue does John Parker/Bear Cub return to Old Owl's band?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. By 1854, how many years has it been since Cynthia Ann Parker's capture by the Comanche?

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

6. Why does Wanderer struggle with the decision to leave Naduah in order to rejoin his father's band in the North?

7. What does Wanderer convinces the mayordomo of a New Mexico Indian tribe he must do?

8. What is significant about the man Naduah kills during a raid by white soldiers?

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

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

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

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?

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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