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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. Who is Ellen Cummings?

2. What is Marmaduke von Swearingen's new Indian Name?

3. What State does Chapter 6 begin in?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what does Loramie tell Simon?

5. What happens to Daniel Boone's daughter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who surveys the site for the first city in Kentucky?

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

4. How does Simon's father die?

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

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

7. Where and when was Simon Kenton born?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Contrast and compare the two lead Native American characters; Tecumseh and Blue Jacket. Who is the most loyal? What are their different strengths and weaknesses?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the actions and the eventual fate of the Greathouse party/expedition. Do you think they deserved their fate? Why do you think they did what they did?

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