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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What have some of the other men told Joe about Jim's role in retrieving the cattle?
(a) They say Jim was able to trick the Indians because he is part Indian.
(b) They say Jim endangered all of them by trying to put the horse back.
(c) They say they couldn't have gotten the cattle back without Jim's help.
(d) They say Jim endangered all of them by stealing a horse.

2. What does Sally tell Jim that prompts him to leave the house?
(a) That he should stop dressing "like a heathen."
(b) That all Indians are "savages".
(c) That his Indian mother is a "savage heathen".
(d) That Jim is just as "heathen" as his Indian family.

3. What does Jim believe about stealing the horse?
(a) It was wrong to steal it.
(b) It was okay to steal it because Indians would just say he is "counting coup".
(c) It was okay to steal it because the Indians stole it from someone else.
(d) He didn't actually steal it because he planned all along to put it back.

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

5. Which of the following has NOT changed by the end of the book?
(a) Sally's desire for Jim to cut his braids.
(b) Jim's attitude towards the farmwork.
(c) Williamette Valley.
(d) Jonnie's desire for Jim to be a part of the family.

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

7. 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) There isn't enough game in the mountains.
(d) He doesn't have a partner to trap with.

8. What rumor spreads about the lone rider's horse?
(a) He is made of fire.
(b) He is invisible.
(c) He has wings.
(d) His mane consists of white flames.

9. Why do Mr. Rutledge, Jim and Jonnie quit working at the beginning of chapter nine?
(a) Sam Mullins has come.
(b) Tom Rivers has come.
(c) The land surveyor has come.
(d) Joe Meek has come.

10. How does Jim feel when he sees the walls of the cabin?
(a) Proud.
(b) Trapped.
(c) Ashamed.
(d) Excited.

11. What does Daniel ask Jim to teach him?
(a) How to shoot a bow and arrow.
(b) How to throw a knife.
(c) How to set a trap.
(d) How to kill a grizzly bear.

12. What are the Indians doing when they "call out" the children?
(a) Teaching the children to lead others in the tribe.
(b) Playing a game in which children are challenged to follow an older person.
(c) Teaching children to trail animals in hunting.
(d) Playing a game in which children and elders throw objects at each other.

13. Why is Jim surprised the thieves headed to the creek?
(a) Indians wouldn't think of heading to the creek.
(b) Whites wouldn't think of heading to the creek.
(c) It would be difficult for the theives to drive the cattle through the creek.
(d) The creek is too cold to swim in this time of year.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these does Jim tell Tom?

2. What does Jonnie need to do next to get ready for the next season's crops?

3. What does Sally do with Jim's braids and feather?

4. What happens when Jonnie rides Jim's horse?

5. What does Jonnie believe about Jim?

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