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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sally use a picture of Jim and Jonnie?
(a) She tries to get Jim to be nicer to Jonnie.
(b) She tries to get Jim to work harder.
(c) She tries to get Jim to cut his hair.
(d) She tries to make Jim tell her about his childhood.

2. What does Jonnie need to do next to get ready for the next season's crops?
(a) Buy a horse.
(b) Train Daniel to use a plow.
(c) Build a barn.
(d) Clear the land.

3. What does Jim foresee for the future of the region.
(a) He sees there will be many advances in technology in the area such as factories and mills.
(b) He sees there will be houses, farmland and many towns in the area.
(c) He sees there will be Indian reservations in the area.
(d) He sees there will be war between the Indians and the whites over the land.

4. What do Jim and Daniel do when Jim calls Daniel out?
(a) Hunt in the woods.
(b) Discuss leadership.
(c) Throw sticks and pebbles at each other.
(d) Swim in the river.

5. Who is the first to suggest that Jim can track the cattle thieves?
(a) Sam Mullins.
(b) Joe Meek.
(c) Sally Keath.
(d) Mr. Rutledge.

6. What does Jim feel when the cabin is finished?
(a) Admiration.
(b) Shame.
(c) Pride.
(d) Anger.

7. Why does Jim believe the thieves are Indian, not white?
(a) They didn't put weight down on their boots like white men would.
(b) They left bare footprints as well as bootprints.
(c) He finds the boots and clothes they left behind in the woods.
(d) He finds an arrow in a fencepost.

8. How is Jonnie suffering as a result of Jim's identity crisis?
(a) Jonnie feels like he would like to go join the Indian tribe with Jim, but he can't.
(b) Jonnie feels like Jim is trying to take over as head of the family.
(c) Jonnie wishes Jim would return to the Indian tribe.
(d) Jonnie is jealous of the time Jim spends in the woods.

9. Who, or what, is the antagonist in the book?
(a) Jim's identity and cultural confusion.
(b) The Indians who try to kill Jim and Daniel.
(c) Jonnie and Sally.
(d) The changing culture of the West.

10. What does being "called out" sometimes include?
(a) Hunting at night.
(b) Sitting and talking for hours.
(c) Swimming in very cold water.
(d) Throwing knives.

11. Why does Daniel become unhappy with Jim?
(a) Jim has moved into the cabin.
(b) He doesn't like the fact that Jim killed an Indian.
(c) He doesn't like the fact that Jim stole a horse.
(d) Jim is spending a lot more time in the fields with Jonnie.

12. What does Jim plan to do after seeing Daniel safely home?
(a) Rejoin the Indian tribe.
(b) Head East.
(c) Find Tom Rivers.
(d) Head West.

13. How does Mr. Rutledge assure Jonnie?
(a) Tells him that all families argue sometimes.
(b) Tells him that Daniel loves his home so he won't run away.
(c) Tells him that Jim can write an X instead of signing his name.
(d) Tells him that Jim knows how to keep Daniel safe.

14. What does Jim teach Daniel while they are setting traps?
(a) How to keep people from getting in the traps.
(b) How to remember where traps are located.
(c) How to be sure an animal doesn't detect the trap.
(d) How to keep traps from getting old and rusted.

15. What does Jim realize after killing the Indian and returning the horse?
(a) He does not feel like an Indian or a white man.
(b) He cares about what others think of him.
(c) He has accomplished a brave victory for his family by killing an Indian.
(d) He has betrayed his Indian family.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jonnie's attitude change after seeing Jim's scars?

2. Why does Sally keep the braids?

3. How does Mr. Rutledge advise Jonnie when Jim starts shirking his chores?

4. Why does Jim decide he shouldn't return to trapping in the mountains?

5. How does Jim feel when he sees the walls of the cabin?

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