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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jonnie help Jim deal with his emotions?
(a) He gives Jim the easiest farmwork to do.
(b) He suggests Jim go hunting some days instead of doing farmwork.
(c) He gives Jim the most challenging farmwork to do.
(d) He suggests some days that Jim go swimming instead of doing farmwork.

2. Which of the following does Jim NOT do on his wild ride through the countryside?
(a) Kill livestock.
(b) Wear very little clothing.
(c) Scare people.
(d) Wear war paint.

3. What is Jim's response to Jonnie's question about whether he is homesick?
(a) He says he is, but admits to himself that he is not.
(b) He denies it, and knows he is speaking the truth.
(c) He denies it, but admits to himself that he is.
(d) He says he is, and knows he is speaking the truth.

4. What does Jim tell the man from the wagon train about Willamette Valley?
(a) It will be very dangerous because of the Indians.
(b) There are already too many white settlers there.
(c) It will be everything he's expecting.
(d) It will be very dangerous because of the wild animals.

5. 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 to run away from a problem.
(c) That he is leaving just because he hates farmwork.
(d) That he is leaving because of the way Sally has treated him.

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

7. What does Daniel intend to do when he runs away?
(a) Go back home to Missouri.
(b) Join an Indian tribe.
(c) Steal a horse like Jim did.
(d) Find Jim and live with him.

8. What rumor spreads about the lone Indian rider?
(a) He couldn't be harmed by bullets.
(b) He could pronounce magic curses on people.
(c) He could fly.
(d) He is invisible.

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

10. How does Daniel feel about Tom?
(a) He is jealous of the time Jim spends with Tom.
(b) He is jealous of the attention Tom gives to Jonnie and Sally.
(c) He is nervous around Tom because Tom is so wild looking.
(d) He admires Tom because he is a mountain man.

11. What does Jim plan to do with the horse after the men all tell him that he shouldn't have stolen it?
(a) Put it back in the same place he found it.
(b) Kill it so noone else will know he stole it.
(c) Keep it.
(d) Personally hand it over to its owner.

12. What does Jonnie believe about Jim?
(a) He will probably never fit in with the family.
(b) He will eventually fit in with the family.
(c) He will kidnap Daniel.
(d) He will eventually want to build his own farm.

13. What does Jim realize when Tom talks to Mr. Rutledge?
(a) Tom is incredibly lonely.
(b) Tom wants to join an Indian tribe.
(c) Tom doesn't know how to read.
(d) Tom is unable to trap by himself.

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

15. Why does Jim throw pebbles at Daniel?
(a) Jim is angry at Daniel.
(b) Throwing is an essential part of Daniel being "called out".
(c) They are playing and Jim tells Daniel he has to "dodge bullets".
(d) Daniel challenges Jim to see if he can hit him with pebbles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim teach Daniel while they are setting traps?

2. What does Jim realize after talking with the man from the wagon train?

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

4. Why does Jim believe the thieves are Indian, not white?

5. What are the Indians doing when they "call out" the children?

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