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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 through 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jim plan to go to have a letter read?
(a) Powder River.
(b) Oregon.
(c) The Dalles.
(d) Missouri.

2. What does Jim tell the man from the wagon train about Willamette Valley?
(a) There are already too many white settlers there.
(b) It will be everything he's expecting.
(c) It will be very dangerous because of the Indians.
(d) It will be very dangerous because of the wild animals.

3. Where did Daniel learning writing and arithmetic?
(a) At a one-room school house.
(b) At home, from his father.
(c) At home, from his sister.
(d) At home, from his mother.

4. Why does Jim decide to leave his Indian family?
(a) He wants to explore the world.
(b) He sees a brave with a blond scalp, which angers him because his mother is blond.
(c) He steals from an Indian, and is afraid the tribe will kill him.
(d) He hears that his mother is sick and wants to go home to her.

5. Why does Jim throw pebbles at Daniel?
(a) Jim is angry at Daniel.
(b) Throwing is an essential part of Daniel being "called out".
(c) Daniel challenges Jim to see if he can hit him with pebbles.
(d) They are playing and Jim tells Daniel he has to "dodge bullets".

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Daniel ask Jim to teach him?

3. What does Jim's dog look like?

4. How does Jim deal with the two guards?

5. How does Jim stop a man from shooting his dog?

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