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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What old friend does Simon Kenton meet in Chapter 4?

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

3. Who does John Yaeger say that he lived with for many years?

4. In Chapter 2, what does General Dunmore hope to do?

5. How many Shawnee join Byrd's forces to destroy the Colonists?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Simon Kenton become famous for?

2. How is Simon rescued?

3. How do the hostilities with the Indians start in Chapter 2?

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

5. What crime does Simon Kenton think that he has committed in Chapter 1?

6. What family is hiding Kenton in Chapter 5?

7. Where and when was Simon Kenton born?

8. How does Simon find out in Chapter 5 that he can use his real name once again?

9. What is the impressive action Kenton takes that awards him the job with Bill Grills?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are ‘tomahawk improvements’? What happens to many of the claims made in this manner?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Simon Kenton as a child. Describe Tecumseh as a child. How are the two similar? Dissimilar?

Essay Topic 3

How does Tecumseh come to depend on his younger brother? What's the outcome of that alliance?

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