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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 through 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jim's Indian name?
(a) Talks Alot.
(b) Sits Alone.
(c) Bad Medicine.
(d) Talks Alone.

2. Why doesn't the group hire Indians to take care of the animals?
(a) They are afraid the Indians will steal all the animals.
(b) They know they will not get all the animals back if they hire Indians.
(c) There are no Indians available for the job.
(d) The whites are at war with the Indians.

3. How will the group cross the Columbia River?
(a) They will take their wagons across one at a time on the ferry.
(b) They will put their wagons on rafts, and float fifty miles down river.
(c) They will ford the river.
(d) They will go fifty miles down the river to a bridge.

4. How does Jim feel about the land Jonnie has chosen?
(a) He believes Jonnie has chosen well but is apprehensive about the plowing that will change the land.
(b) He wishes Jonnie had chosen land further from the lake because all the building will disturb the fish.
(c) He believes Jonnie has chosen well and is ready to start working to clear the land.
(d) He believes Jonnie has chosen poorly and is apprehensive about the plowing that will change the land.

5. What do the white trappers do when Jim is attacked by an animal?
(a) They try to fight the animal, but end up being killed.
(b) They scare the animal away with their guns.
(c) They kill the animal.
(d) They run away.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jim feel about Sally calling him "James"?

2. Which of the following is an accurate description of Jim's first impressions of his siblings?

3. What does Jim have to stop and do on his way to the Dalles?

4. What age is Jim when he leaves the Indians?

5. How does Jonnie seem to feel about Jim's physical appearance?

(see the answer key)

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