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

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

3. Why does Jim decide he shouldn't return to trapping in the mountains?
(a) He likes farming better than trapping.
(b) It's too dangerous because of the Indian war.
(c) He doesn't have a partner to trap with.
(d) There isn't enough game in the mountains.

4. What does Jonnie accuse Jim of after he runs out of the house?
(a) Dishonoring their mother.
(b) Dishonoring their father.
(c) Trying to find an opportunity to run away.
(d) Trying to convert Daniel to the Indian's religion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the men convince Jim that fighting the Indians is not the best way to retrieve the cattle?

2. Why did Jonnie and his family decide to travel west?

3. In the first four chapters, Jim is at a crossroads in his life. Which of the following paths does he NOT take into consideration before deciding where he would go next?

4. What do Jim and Daniel do when Jim calls Daniel out?

5. Why do Mr. Rutledge, Jim and Jonnie quit working at the beginning of chapter nine?

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