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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 have the soldiers killed in Chapter 53?
2. What does Wanderer teach Naduah to do in the desolate land of the Quahadi?
3. Why does Wanderer decide to leave the Wasp band again?
4. How long has Bear Cub been a member of Old Owl's band?
5. Why do the Comanche declare war on Texas?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
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 promise does Placido make when he faces Wanderer during a raid by white soldiers?
4. What news does Bear Cub bring to Wanderer's band when he catches up to them?
5. Why does Bear Cub vow vengeance against Elder James Parker? What does Elder's actions say about white man's feeling toward Indians?
6. What happens between Wanderer and his father after the failed battle with the white man's five shooters?
7. Why does Naduah agree to go with Cynthia Ann Parker's uncle after her capture by white soldiers?
8. Why does Wanderer struggle with the decision to leave Naduah in order to rejoin his father's band in the North?
9. By 1854, how many years has it been since Cynthia Ann Parker's capture by the Comanche?
10. What is significant about the man Naduah kills during a raid by white soldiers?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is Quanah? Who are his parents? What happens to his mother? What happens to his father? How does Quanah become leader of a band of Comanches? Why does Quanah fight the move to the reservations for so long? What finally leads Quanah to move his people to the reservation? What does this say about the Indian way of life? What has caused this overwhelming change in such a short period of time?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the following themes of the novel:
1) Kidnapping
2) Indian Customs
3) Family
4) Morality.
Essay Topic 3
Who is Bear Cub? Why does Bear Cub speak English when talking about his white family, but uses the Comanche language the rest of the time? What does this say about Bear Cub's loyalties? Why is Bear Cub returned to white society? How does Bear Cub feel about this change in circumstances? How does Bear Cub return to the Comanches? Why does Bear Cub go on a vision quest? Why does Bear Cub eventually decide to live on a ranch in Mexico? What does this say about Bear Cub's loyalties now? Is Bear Cub being smart or unfair?
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