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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 is Jonnie headed with his family?
(a) By the Powder River.
(b) The Dalles.
(c) Willamette Valley.
(d) By the Columbia River.

2. What is Jonnie worried about in chapter nine?
(a) That Sally will start an argument with Jim.
(b) That Jim doesn't know how to sign his name.
(c) That Daniel might get hurt while learning the bow and arrow.
(d) That Daniel might run away.

3. What does Jonnie need to do next to get ready for the next season's crops?
(a) Clear the land.
(b) Build a barn.
(c) Buy a horse.
(d) Train Daniel to use a plow.

4. 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 very dangerous because of the wild animals.
(c) It will be very dangerous because of the Indians.
(d) It will be everything he's expecting.

5. What does Jim realize after talking with the man from the wagon train?
(a) He's leaving everything this man is working so hard to reach.
(b) He's leaving his family to fend for themselves against the Indians in the area.
(c) Some of the whites' ways of thinking are better than the Indians' ways of thinking.
(d) This man will be harming Jim's Indian family if he settles in the valley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of shelter would Jim like the family to build?

2. Why does Jim wear the Eagle feather?

3. Which of the following conflicts is NOT resolved by the end of the book?

4. What does Jim realize when Tom talks to Mr. Rutledge?

5. What does Jim plan to do after seeing Daniel safely home?

(see the answer key)

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