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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jim Deakins transporting in his wagon when he first meets Boone in Chapter 3?
(a) It is unknown.
(b) Weapons.
(c) A corpse.
(d) Mail.

2. When Boone asks about his uncle, how many years has it been since the hunter, Dick Summers, has seen him?
(a) Five or six.
(b) Two or three.
(c) Seven or eight.
(d) Four or five.

3. What is it about buffaloes that Boone and Dick are discussing in Chapter 13?
(a) Hunting, skinning, and cooking.
(b) Skinning and cooking.
(c) Hunting and skinning.
(d) Hunting and cooking.

4. Whom do Boone and Dick meet with to discuss the upcoming war in Chapter 16?
(a) Three Elks.
(b) Two Elks.
(c) Two Buffalo.
(d) Three Buffalo.

5. As Boone discovers in Chapter 16, what role will the Rees have in the upcoming war?
(a) They will side with the white man.
(b) They will remain neutral.
(c) They will side with the Indians.
(d) They are undecided.

6. How is Teal Eye described in Chapter 19?
(a) Less animated.
(b) Restless.
(c) More animated.
(d) Quiet.

7. What number of men die from their illnesses at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) Two.
(b) None.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

8. Who waits for Zeb with Boone at Fort Union?
(a) Only Jim.
(b) Only Dick.
(c) Jim and Dick.
(d) Neither Jim nor Dick.

9. As Boone is walking in the beginning of Chapter 2, what kind of weather does he encounter?
(a) Sunshine.
(b) Rain.
(c) Extreme heat.
(d) Dense fog.

10. How many other times have Boone and Jim been to the mountain range the men are near in Chapter 23?
(a) It is not mentioned.
(b) Once.
(c) Twice.
(d) None.

11. Which one of the following best describes the autumn season in the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) Long.
(b) Short.
(c) Absent.
(d) Average,

12. What does Boone pack with his clothes before leaving in Chapter 1?
(a) An Indian skin strop.
(b) An Indian spear.
(c) A set of books.
(d) A bow and arrow set.

13. What creek do the men build their fort above in Chapter 19?
(a) Capps Creek.
(b) Brush Creek.
(c) Big Creek.
(d) Teapot Creek.

14. What intention does Boone tell Zeb he and the other men have?
(a) To return Teal Eye to her people.
(b) To trade supplies with various Indian tribes.
(c) To avoid conflicts with the Sioux.
(d) To travel through all of the major rivers in the country.

15. As Boone thinks about his family in Chapter 16, how does he feel about returning home?
(a) He does not want to go back.
(b) He wants to go back.
(c) Only part of him wants to go back.
(d) He is not sure if he wants to go back.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Boone and Dick take when they are hiding from the Indians in Chapter 14?

2. What type of business relationship does Jourdonnais want to have with the Indians after returning Teal Eye?

3. What age is Boone Caudill when the story begins?

4. What does Dick give to Boone in Chapter 14?

5. Where is the Mandan traveling in Chapter 11?

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