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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 happens when the Wasp band goes off on its own again in Chapter 48?

2. Why do Wanderer and Buffalo Piss become angry with Pahayuca in the fall of 1854?

3. How do Naduah, Bear Cub, and Wanderer decide to deal with the spread of white man's disease?

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

5. Who promises Naduah he will reunite her with Wanderer if she will go home with him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Wanderer take guns and ammunition from a Texas settlement he and Buffalo Piss have raided with a group of warriors?

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

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

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

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

7. How does Naduah find herself a captive of the white man? Who led them to Naduah, therefore fulfilling his promise to Wanderer?

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

9. How does Wanderer react when Len Williams offers to pay a ransom for Naduah?

10. Why does Naduah agree to go with Cynthia Ann Parker's uncle after her capture by white soldiers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss each of the following relationships in detail:

1) Naduah and Wanderer

2) Naduah and Bear Cub

3) Cynthia Ann and John Parker

4) Naduah and Medicine Woman.

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