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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Indian that owns Martin after the raid in Chapter Four?
(a) Kotoseka.
(b) Tiehteti.
(c) Yellow Hair.
(d) Urwat.

2. What are the names of Peter’s two sons?
(a) James and Bob.
(b) Walter and Paul.
(c) Richard and Steven.
(d) Glenn and Clint.

3. What date opens Chapter Two?
(a) June 22, 1917.
(b) November 1, 1915.
(c) March 3, 2012.
(d) March 2, 1836.

4. What year is described in the beginning of Chapter Ten?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1863.
(c) 1849.
(d) 1844.

5. What nickname does Eli’s father call their neighbor who has his horses stolen in Chapter Four?
(a) Syphilis Poe.
(b) Smallpox Poe.
(c) Shorty Poe.
(d) Gangster Poe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Jeanne McCullough’s daughter?

2. What is the date of Peter’s first diary entry in Chapter Fifteen?

3. What word used in the narrative refers to a cowboy or herdsman?

4. How much money does Jeanne deposit into the account that she opens at the age of twelve in Chapter Fourteen?

5. What creature does Toshaway describe as being associated with the trickster spirit in Indian belief in Chapter Four?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are homesteaders like Eli’s family in danger of raids? What has created these circumstances?

2. What gender biases does Jeanne face growing up, as seen in Chapters Fourteen through Seventeen?

3. How is Peter’s relationship with the Garcia family illustrated in Chapter Three?

4. How are the circumstances of Eli’s Indian tribe described in 1851 in Chapter Twenty-two?

5. What information is related regarding Jeanne’s mother in Chapter Five?

6. What time period is Chapter Four set in? How old is Eli, and what position does he have within his family?

7. How does the McCullough family’s acquisition of the Garcias’ land impact the community in Chapter Eighteen? How does Peter feel about the acquisition?

8. How do Eli and Martin differ in their response to the circumstances once they are captives in Chapter Four?

9. How does Sally respond to the situation after Charles has shot Dutch Hollis? Why does Peter disagree with Sally?

10. How does Peter’s account of the incident with the Garcias differ from his father’s in Chapter Six?

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