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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. What is Daniel doing when Jim finds him?
(a) Trying to run away from the Indians.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Tanning hides.

2. Why did Jonnie and his family decide to travel west?
(a) Jonnie's father died, and they lost their farm.
(b) Jonnie's father heard there was free land in the West.
(c) They are running from the law.
(d) They wanted to mine for gold.

3. Which of the following is NOT an accurate description of Sally's feelings toward Jim at the reunion?
(a) She wants to protect Daniel from Jim's influence.
(b) She doesn't like the way Jim looks.
(c) She is resentful to Jim for running away.
(d) She wishes Jim had died in the wilderness.

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

5. How will the group cross the Columbia River?
(a) They will put their wagons on rafts, and float fifty miles down river.
(b) They will ford the river.
(c) They will take their wagons across one at a time on the ferry.
(d) They will go fifty miles down the river to a bridge.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jim do to his dog after he bites him?

3. Who is the first to suggest that Jim can track the cattle thieves?

4. How long does it take Jim to get to the Dalles?

5. Why does the group go ahead and cross the river even though the weather is bad?

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