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

2. When did Sunrise agree to allow Wanderer to marry Naduah?

3. What vaccine do the white men refuse to give the Wasp band in Chapter 48?

4. Who raids the Naconi camp while the men are hunting in Chapter 53?

5. What news greets Wanderer when he returns to the Wasp camp after the ambush at Plum Creek?

Short Essay Questions

1. What, to Buffalo Piss, is like asking an Indian to stop breathing?

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

7. By whom is Naduah spotted during a raid by the Noconi? What happens as a result?

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

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

10. How does Old Owl die? What happens to his remains?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Eagle? Why does he sacrifice himself for Wanderer? What relationship is Eagle involved in that threatens to bring shame on him and his love? Why does Eagle continue this relationship when he knows it could cause him shame? Whose child is it rumored Eagle has fathered? What happens to this woman, to this child? Who kills Eagle? For what reason? What revenge plan is hatched to avenge Eagle's murder? How does this lead to Cynthia Ann Parker returning to her white family?

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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