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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 of Boone's family dies in an ambush?

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

3. Who is impressed at Simon's shooting in Chapter 1?

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

5. Where is Simon when Chapter 3 begins?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Simon adopted into the Shawnee tribe?

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

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

6. How does Simon Kenton save Daniel's life?

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

8. What does Simon Kenton become famous for?

9. What happens to the Moravian Indians in Chapter 6?

10. What happens to Chief Cornstalk when he goes to Fort Randolph?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Studying the use of foreshadowing, dramatic tension and resolution, discuss whether the ending of the story is a fitting resolution to the plot.

Essay Topic 2

How does Simon Kenton become known as Simon Butler? When does he change his name back?

Essay Topic 3

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

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