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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 does Jim challenge Daniel to do?
(a) Write his own name and Jim's name.
(b) Do a math problem and write his name.
(c) Write Sally's and Jim's names.
(d) Write Jim's and Jonnie's names.

2. How do the men convince Jim that fighting the Indians is not the best way to retrieve the cattle?
(a) They are afraid some of their own men will get hurt or killed in a fight.
(b) They say the Indians will retaliate against the settlers if they try to fight them.
(c) They say they will probably lose if they try to fight the Indians.
(d) They convince Jim that fighting would cost the lives of many of the Indians.

3. What rumor spreads about the lone Indian rider?
(a) He could pronounce magic curses on people.
(b) He could fly.
(c) He is invisible.
(d) He couldn't be harmed by bullets.

4. How does Mr. Rutledge advise Jonnie when Jim starts shirking his chores?
(a) To take food away from Jim when he doesn't do his chores.
(b) To leave him to his own devices.
(c) To confront him about his responsibilities.
(d) To work harder at getting Jonnie to become less like the Indians.

5. What is Jim's "medicine song"?
(a) The twenty-third Psalm.
(b) The National Anthem.
(c) The Lord's Prayer.
(d) A song his Indian mother taught him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim plan to do with the horse after the men all tell him that he shouldn't have stolen it?

2. What does Jim believe about stealing the horse?

3. What does Jonnie need to do next to get ready for the next season's crops?

4. Why is Jim avoiding work?

5. Whose approval is Jim looking for the most when he signs his name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Jim and Joe Meek rescue Daniel?

2. Discuss Jim's Eagle Feather.

3. What does Mr. Rutledge mean when he says Jim is struggling to find himself?

4. Why do you think Sally has a change of heart when Jim returns from the Indian camp in chapter fourteen?

5. How do Jim and the men disagree about the way to retrieve the cattle?

6. How does Jonnie's attitude change when he sees Jim's scars?

7. What does Jonnie do when Jim starts shirking his chores in chapter 10?

8. What does Sally do with the childhood picture of Jim and Jonnie?

9. How does Jim use his tracking skills to help the neighbors in chapter 12?

10. What does Jim overhear Jonnie and Mr. Rutledge discussing at the beginning of chapter nine?

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