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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 happens to John Wood in Chapter 2?
(a) He is bitten by a dog.
(b) He falls off a cliff.
(c) He is bitten by a copperhead snake.
(d) He is bitten by a spider.

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

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

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

5. What happens to Daniel Boone's daughter?
(a) She is captured by Indians.
(b) She marries an Indian.
(c) She is captured by the British.
(d) She marries a British officer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much land does Simon offer to each of his family and neighbors to return with him to Kentucky?

2. What happens to Captain Crawford in Chapter 6?

3. What does Thomas Bullitt negotiate with the Chilahgawtha Indians in Chapter 2?

4. Whom does Simon first meet on the road after running away?

5. What are springs being used for in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Simon Kenton start stealing horses?

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

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

4. What town is Simon Kenton hiding in at the beginning of Chaper 5?

5. What is the Shawnee Nation divided over in Chapter 5?

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

7. How is Simon rescued?

8. What was Simon Kenton known for as a youth and why?

9. What role does Simon Kenton play in the battles with the Indians in Chapter 2?

10. Who is Ruth?

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