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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. How does Jim feel about Sally calling him "James"?
(a) Proud.
(b) Like she looks down on him.
(c) He doesn't care.
(d) Nervous.

2. Why doesn't the group hire Indians to take care of the animals?
(a) There are no Indians available for the job.
(b) The whites are at war with the Indians.
(c) They know they will not get all the animals back if they hire Indians.
(d) They are afraid the Indians will steal all the animals.

3. 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) This man will be harming Jim's Indian family if he settles in the valley.
(d) Some of the whites' ways of thinking are better than the Indians' ways of thinking.

4. Which of the following does Jim NOT do on his wild ride through the countryside?
(a) Kill livestock.
(b) Wear very little clothing.
(c) Scare people.
(d) Wear war paint.

5. What is Jim's "medicine song"?
(a) The twenty-third Psalm.
(b) The National Anthem.
(c) The Lord's Prayer.
(d) A song his Indian mother taught him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jim deal with the two guards?

2. What does Jim think when he sees wagons about to head down a steep hill?

3. Where did Daniel learning writing and arithmetic?

4. What do Jim and Sally argue about after Jim swims across the river?

5. What does the group have to do to the wagons before crossing the river?

(see the answer key)

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