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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 is Jim's mule acting strangely one afternoon?
(a) He doesn't like doing the farmwork.
(b) He senses that someone is coming.
(c) He has a rock in his hoof.
(d) He is sick.

2. What did Jim use to pay a man to read his letter?
(a) A mule.
(b) A bear claw.
(c) A bear skin.
(d) A beaver skin.

3. When Jim says the word "medicine," what is he referring to?
(a) Personal power.
(b) The Indian religion.
(c) Healing ointment.
(d) Health.

4. What does Jim tell Sally about their uncle?
(a) He drowned.
(b) He was killed by a grizzly bear.
(c) Jim doesn't know the whereabouts of his uncle.
(d) He was killed by an arrow in the head, then scalped.

5. Who helps Jim after he is attacked by an animal?
(a) The Sioux Indians.
(b) The Crow Indians.
(c) The Kiowa Indians.
(d) The Cherokee Indians.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the argument change Jim's attitude?

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

3. Which of the following is NOT an accurate description of Jonnie's feelings toward Jim at the reunion?

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

5. Why does Jim wear the Eagle feather?

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