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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 through 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument does Jonnie play?
(a) The banjo.
(b) The guitar.
(c) The harmonica.
(d) The piano.

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

3. How long does it take Jim to get to the Dalles?
(a) A day.
(b) A week.
(c) Two days.
(d) Two weeks.

4. What is the reason Jim gives for running away from home when he was a boy?
(a) His uncle told him that running away was a good idea.
(b) He wanted to become a trapper just like his uncle.
(c) He had committed a horrible crime and was afraid he would go to jail.
(d) He hated his family.

5. Where does Jim go first to find someone to read his letter?
(a) A farm.
(b) The train station.
(c) The trading post.
(d) A church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jim run away with at age eleven?

2. Who finally reads Jim's letter to him?

3. How did Jim's mother feel about his running away?

4. In literature, what is a flashback?

5. What does Jim see in the Dalles that he hasn't seen for nine years?

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