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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. Why do Comanche boys go on vision quests?

2. What type of gun do the white soldiers use against the Indians that makes the fight unfair in Chapter 39?

3. What does Wanderer believe the Comanche need to fight the white man?

4. Who assisted the white raiders in finding the Naconi camp in Chapter 53?

5. What name is given to Naduah and Wanderer's first child?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Naduah taken after her capture? For what purpose?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is Plum Creek? What happens there?

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

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

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

Who is Wanderer? Why does Wanderer make a deal to marry Cynthia when she is only nine? Is this traditional in the Indian way of life? Does Wanderer love Cynthia? Why does Wanderer not choose a more traditional wife? How many children do they have? What does this say about Cynthia's status among the other Indians?

Essay Topic 3

What is the overall theme of Cynthia Ann Parker's life? Why did she become so comfortable with the Indians? Why was this looked down on by white society? Why did white people have such a hard time understanding the Indian way of life? Why did the white people fear Indians? Were all Indians cruel to the whites? What caused the raid that took Cynthia into Indian captivity? Did Cynthia consider herself a captive? How might relations between whites and Indians have been handled differently? Should they have been?

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