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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) He finds an arrow in a fencepost.
(c) He finds the boots and clothes they left behind in the woods.
(d) They left bare footprints as well as bootprints.

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

5. When Jim steals the horse, what does he plan to do with it?
(a) Keep it only for a while then give it back to the Indians.
(b) Give it to Daniel.
(c) Give it to Jonnie.
(d) Keep it for himself.

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

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

8. Which of these does Jim tell Tom?
(a) Sally has learned to like the Indians, so she now tolerates Jim's lifestyle.
(b) Sally doesn't like the Indians but has come to tolerate Jim's lifestyle.
(c) Sally doesn't like the Indians, so she doesn't tolerate Jim's lifestyle.
(d) Sally doesn't like the Indians, so Jim has changed his lifestyle to suit her.

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

10. 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 and elders throw objects at each other.
(c) Teaching children to trail animals in hunting.
(d) Playing a game in which children are challenged to follow an older person.

11. What does Jonnie accuse Jim of?
(a) That he is leaving because of the way Sally has treated him.
(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 he is afraid Meek will find out he killed an Indian.

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

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

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

15. Which of these causes Jim to have mixed emotions about the Indians?
(a) They believe they are one with the land, but they willingly destroy the land.
(b) They nursed him back to health, but they didn't treat him well after he was strong again.
(c) They are like family to him, but they are at war with each other.
(d) They nursed him back to health, but they commit acts of cruelty as well.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jim's response to Jonnie's question about whether he is homesick?

2. What offer does Meek make?

3. How is Jonnie suffering as a result of Jim's identity crisis?

4. Why does Sally keep the braids?

5. Why is Jim surprised the thieves headed to the creek?

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