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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the Edgars in Chapter 5?
(a) They are arrested by the Italian.
(b) They are arrested by the Spanish.
(c) They are arrested by the British.
(d) They are arrested by the French.

2. Which family is Kenton staying with in Chapter 5?
(a) The Kennedys.
(b) The Edgars.
(c) The Roosevelts.
(d) The Bushs.

3. What is the name of the woman that Simon has feelings for in Chapter 4?
(a) Sugar Tree.
(b) Sutawnee.
(c) Pea Stalk.
(d) Ruth.

4. What are Tomahawk Improvements?
(a) A means of claiming a land for your own.
(b) A means of making better weapons.
(c) A means of felling trees better.
(d) A means of felling trees better.

5. What role do Simon and Girty play in the peace in Chapter 2?
(a) They surrender their side.
(b) They are messengers between the Indians and the Whites.
(c) They kill the Indian chief.
(d) They help defeat the Indians.

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

7. What does Thomas Bullitt negotiate with the Chilahgawtha Indians in Chapter 2?
(a) To settle one side of the Ohio River.
(b) To work for the British.
(c) To sell him some land.
(d) To attack the other colonists.

8. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what does Loramie tell Simon?
(a) That he should leave the frontier.
(b) That he should proceed further west.
(c) That he should join the Indians.
(d) That he still hasn't found the rich canelands.

9. What does Simon Kenton decide to do in Chapter 5 to even the odds between British and Colonist?
(a) Beseech the French.
(b) Tip the cannons into the river.
(c) Attack the British.
(d) Hire the Indians.

10. What does Colonel Bowman decide to do in Chapter 5?
(a) Attack the Colonists.
(b) Attack the Mohawk.
(c) Attack the Shawnee Indians.
(d) Attack the Sioux.

11. 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.

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

13. What happens to Captain Crawford in Chapter 6?
(a) He is caught and killed by the Indians.
(b) He is caught and ransomed by the Indians.
(c) He is arrested by the Americans.
(d) He is taken back to England.

14. How much land does Simon offer to each of his family and neighbors to return with him to Kentucky?
(a) 100 acres.
(b) 1,000 acres.
(c) 10 acres.
(d) 1 acre.

15. Whom does Simon first meet on the road after running away?
(a) Blue Jacket.
(b) Bill Grills.
(c) Dan Johnson.
(d) Tecumseh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the second girl that Simon becomes enamored by?

2. What is the name of Simon's captor?

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

4. How has the settler whom Simon finds in Chapter 6 been killed?

5. What weapon do the British use, which the Colonists have no hope of using?

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