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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. Why does Blue Jacket sneak into the white settlement in Chapter 6?
(a) To steal some money.
(b) To make a secret peace treaty.
(c) To find out when the attack is.
(d) To kill Clarke.

2. Why does Simon hide up a tree?
(a) He is caught by a buffalo herd.
(b) An angry mob is after him.
(c) The British are after him.
(d) Indians are after him.

3. What is remarkable about the canoe of men that Simon helps one night?
(a) One of them is his father.
(b) One of them is his sworn enemy.
(c) One of them is his brother
(d) One of them is William Leachmann.

4. Who is the protagonist of the novel?
(a) Dan Johnston.
(b) William Leaching.
(c) Bill Grills.
(d) Simon Kenton.

5. Who winters with Kenton in Chapter 5, proving to have become a drunk?
(a) Drouillard.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Simon.
(d) Daniel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What date does Cornstalk attack Colonel Lewis's force?

2. What name did the protagonist’s mother want to call him originally?

3. What role do Simon and Girty play in the peace in Chapter 2?

4. What Native American chief goes to Fort Randolph to talk to the Whites?

5. What challenge do the Indians force Simon to pass?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Simon got so much land in Chapter 6?

2. How is Simon rescued?

3. How is Boone captured, and what happens to him thereafter?

4. How is Simon adopted into the Shawnee tribe?

5. What does Simon Kenton become famous for?

6. What is 'the gauntlet', and why does Simon have to run it?

7. In Chapter 3, who are the colonists at war with?

8. What is so devastating about the British military force?

9. How does Simon Girty try to stop the retaliation in Chapter 6?

10. Where is Simon Kenton attempting to travel to in Chapter 1?

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