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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jim want to do for Jonnie?
(a) Get him a mule.
(b) Teach him how to ride a mule.
(c) Get him a horse.
(d) Teach him how to ride a horse.

2. What does Jim realize after talking with the man from the wagon train?
(a) He's leaving everything this man is working so hard to reach.
(b) Some of the whites' ways of thinking are better than the Indians' ways of thinking.
(c) This man will be harming Jim's Indian family if he settles in the valley.
(d) He's leaving his family to fend for themselves against the Indians in the area.

3. What is Jim's response to Jonnie's question about whether he is homesick?
(a) He says he is, but admits to himself that he is not.
(b) He denies it, but admits to himself that he is.
(c) He denies it, and knows he is speaking the truth.
(d) He says he is, and knows he is speaking the truth.

4. What does Jim realize when Tom talks to Mr. Rutledge?
(a) Tom doesn't know how to read.
(b) Tom wants to join an Indian tribe.
(c) Tom is incredibly lonely.
(d) Tom is unable to trap by himself.

5. What does Sally tell Jim that prompts him to leave the house?
(a) That he should stop dressing "like a heathen."
(b) That Jim is just as "heathen" as his Indian family.
(c) That all Indians are "savages".
(d) That his Indian mother is a "savage heathen".

6. Why does Daniel become unhappy with Jim?
(a) He doesn't like the fact that Jim killed an Indian.
(b) Jim has moved into the cabin.
(c) He doesn't like the fact that Jim stole a horse.
(d) Jim is spending a lot more time in the fields with Jonnie.

7. What identity crisis has Jim been struggling with?
(a) He feels like he should be head of the family since he is the oldest.
(b) He feels like an Indian even though he is white.
(c) He is starting to feel like a white man even though he is Indian.
(d) He feels like a mountain man even though he is a farmer.

8. What does Jim tell the man from the wagon train about Willamette Valley?
(a) It will be very dangerous because of the wild animals.
(b) There are already too many white settlers there.
(c) It will be everything he's expecting.
(d) It will be very dangerous because of the Indians.

9. Which of these causes Jim to have mixed emotions about the Indians?
(a) They are like family to him, but they are at war with each other.
(b) They believe they are one with the land, but they willingly destroy the land.
(c) They nursed him back to health, but they didn't treat him well after he was strong again.
(d) They nursed him back to health, but they commit acts of cruelty as well.

10. How does Jonnie help Jim deal with his emotions?
(a) He suggests some days that Jim go swimming instead of doing farmwork.
(b) He gives Jim the easiest farmwork to do.
(c) He gives Jim the most challenging farmwork to do.
(d) He suggests Jim go hunting some days instead of doing farmwork.

11. What does Jim feel when the cabin is finished?
(a) Shame.
(b) Anger.
(c) Admiration.
(d) Pride.

12. How is Jonnie suffering as a result of Jim's identity crisis?
(a) Jonnie feels like Jim is trying to take over as head of the family.
(b) Jonnie wishes Jim would return to the Indian tribe.
(c) Jonnie feels like he would like to go join the Indian tribe with Jim, but he can't.
(d) Jonnie is jealous of the time Jim spends in the woods.

13. What does Jonnie accuse Jim of?
(a) That he is leaving because he is afraid Meek will find out he killed an Indian.
(b) That he is leaving because of the way Sally has treated him.
(c) That he is leaving just because he hates farmwork.
(d) That he is leaving to run away from a problem.

14. What happens when Jonnie rides Jim's horse?
(a) He handles the horse well.
(b) He is too rough with the horse.
(c) The horse throws him off.
(d) He looses control and the horse goes too fast.

15. How does Jim feel when he sees the walls of the cabin?
(a) Trapped.
(b) Ashamed.
(c) Proud.
(d) Excited.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim believe about stealing the horse?

2. What do Jim and Sally argue about after Jim swims across the river?

3. What does Jim realize after killing the Indian and returning the horse?

4. Which of these does Jim tell Tom?

5. How does Jonnie defend Jim's right to wear an Eagle feather?

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