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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jim tell himself about returning to Jonnie and Sally after his wild ride?
(a) He is returning because Jonnie needs his help.
(b) He is returning because he wants to convince Daniel to run away.
(c) He is returning because he left his mule and dog behind.
(d) He is returning because Sally would be heartbroken if he left.

2. What does Jonnie want Jim to do?
(a) Educate Daniel in the ways of the Indians.
(b) Leave the family and go back to the Indians.
(c) Become fully integrated into the family, leaving his Indian ways behind.
(d) Stay in the family while retaining his Indian identity.

3. What does Sally do with Jim's braids and feather?
(a) Puts the braids and feather under the clock.
(b) Puts the braids in a leather box and the feather under the clock.
(c) Puts the braids and the feather in a leather box.
(d) Puts the braids under the clock, and throws the feather outside.

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

5. What does Jim realize after talking with the man from the wagon train?
(a) Some of the whites' ways of thinking are better than the Indians' ways of thinking.
(b) He's leaving everything this man is working so hard to reach.
(c) This man will be harming Jim's Indian family if he settles in the valley.
(d) He's leaving his family to fend for themselves against the Indians in the area.

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

7. What happens when Jonnie rides Jim's horse?
(a) The horse throws him off.
(b) He is too rough with the horse.
(c) He handles the horse well.
(d) He looses control and the horse goes too fast.

8. Who does Jim often take with him when he slips away from his work?
(a) Jonnie.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Mr. Rutledge.
(d) Bad Medicine.

9. What is Jonnie's concern about the trail?
(a) He is afraid Meek won't be able to follow it in the dark.
(b) He is afraid the wind and rain have erased the trail.
(c) He doesn't think Jim left a strong enough trail to follow.
(d) He is afraid the trail will be too steep.

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

11. How does Jim deal with the two guards?
(a) He has his dog attack one while he shoots the other with his bow and arrow.
(b) He has his dog attack both guards.
(c) He sneaks around the guards.
(d) He shoots both of them with a bow and arrow,

12. What does Jonnie accuse Jim of?
(a) That he is leaving because he is afraid Meek will find out he killed an Indian.
(b) That he is leaving just because he hates farmwork.
(c) That he is leaving to run away from a problem.
(d) That he is leaving because of the way Sally has treated him.

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

14. What does Jim want to do for Jonnie?
(a) Teach him how to ride a horse.
(b) Get him a horse.
(c) Teach him how to ride a mule.
(d) Get him a mule.

15. How does Jim practice signing his name?
(a) He makes Daniel write his name over and over until he memorizes how to write it.
(b) He asks Daniel to help him practice.
(c) He has Daniel write his name on a piece of bark and uses that to practice.
(d) He finds where Daniel has written his name on some paper and uses that to practice.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What identity crisis has Jim been struggling with?

3. Who throws pebbles at Jim?

4. Which of the following does Jim NOT do on his wild ride through the countryside?

5. Where did Daniel learning writing and arithmetic?

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