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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. Why does Jim take the letter from the man whom he paid to read it?
(a) Jim cannot understand the man's foreign accent.
(b) The man is reading the private letter out loud, and others can hear.
(c) The man is unable to read the letter.
(d) The man tries to tear the letter up instead of reading it.

2. Why did Jonnie and his family decide to travel west?
(a) They wanted to mine for gold.
(b) Jonnie's father heard there was free land in the West.
(c) Jonnie's father died, and they lost their farm.
(d) They are running from the law.

3. What kind of animal attacks Jim when he is a boy?
(a) A mountain lion.
(b) A snake.
(c) A dog.
(d) A bear.

4. What argument do Jim and Jonnie have about the cabin?
(a) Jim is working on a longhouse for the family to live in, but Jonnie wants him to help with the cabin.
(b) Jim and Jonnie disagree about where the cabin should be located.
(c) Jim believes Jonnie should use pine for the cabin instead of cedar.
(d) Jim doesn't like the idea of a cabin because it ties the family down to one place.

5. What will Jim and Daniel do with the animals?
(a) They will drive them along the river till they find a bridge.
(b) They will sale them to the Indians.
(c) They will take them around through a pass.
(d) They will take them across the river and watch over them while the others cross.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one way that Jim shows off for Daniel at the reunion?

2. How will the group cross the Columbia River?

3. Why does Jim's dog bite him?

4. Why does Jim wear the Eagle feather?

5. What kind of physical shape are Jim's siblings in when he first meets them?

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