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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What challenge do the Indians force Simon to pass?
(a) Capturing a snake.
(b) Jumping a waterfall.
(c) A run called the gauntlet.
(d) Climbing a cliff.

2. What name did the protagonist’s mother want to call him originally?
(a) Bill.
(b) Allan.
(c) Eustace.
(d) Benjamin.

3. Whom does Simon fight before running away?
(a) The town mayor.
(b) Ellen's husband William.
(c) His brothers.
(d) His father.

4. How does Yaeger die?
(a) He falls from a tree.
(b) He is attacked by the British.
(c) He is attacked by the Spanish.
(d) He is attacked by Indians.

5. What happens to Captain Crawford in Chapter 6?
(a) He is taken back to England.
(b) He is caught and ransomed by the Indians.
(c) He is caught and killed by the Indians.
(d) He is arrested by the Americans.

6. Why is Edgar's wife so loathe to see Kenton go?
(a) Because he brings good food.
(b) Because he has a lot of information.
(c) Because he protects them.
(d) She is infatuated with him.

7. What does Simon immediately notice about Western Kentucky?
(a) The strange plants.
(b) The amount of Indians living there.
(c) The massive amounts of game.
(d) The strange animals.

8. What name does Simon change his name to, in order to con some food and clothes from a neighbor?
(a) Butler.
(b) Miller.
(c) Smith.
(d) Fletcher.

9. What job was Simon expected to do because it was what his father did?
(a) Soldier.
(b) Sharecropper.
(c) Hunter.
(d) Merchant.

10. Whose life does Simon save by carrying him to a fort, under Indian attack?
(a) Daniel Boone.
(b) Simon Girty.
(c) John Yaeger.
(d) Daniel Boothe.

11. Why does Ruth decide she cannot marry Simon?
(a) Because he isn't a Christian.
(b) Because she couldn't bear hearing of his death.
(c) Because he is too wild.
(d) Because he is too poor.

12. Where is Simon trying to get to in Chapter 1?
(a) Alaska.
(b) The Middle Land.
(c) The West Coast.
(d) The East Coat.

13. What are Tomahawk Improvements?
(a) A means of making better weapons.
(b) A means of felling trees better.
(c) A means of claiming a land for your own.
(d) A means of felling trees better.

14. Why does the Shawnee tribe split?
(a) Half want to live in cities.
(b) Half want to join forces with the British.
(c) Half want to stop fighting the white man.
(d) Half want to raise crops.

15. Who is impressed at Simon's shooting in Chapter 1?
(a) Blue Jacket.
(b) Dan Johnson.
(c) Bill Grills.
(d) William Leaching.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who becomes the new governor of Kentucky?

2. What is remarkable about the canoe of men that Simon helps one night?

3. What happens to John Wood in Chapter 2?

4. What does George Strader decide to do in Chapter 2?

5. Who is the protagonist of the novel?

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