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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jonnie defend Jim's right to wear an Eagle feather?
(a) He says it's similar to the hat his father gave him as a memento.
(b) He says it's similar to the cross that Sally wears.
(c) He says it's similar to their father's war medal.
(d) He says it is a part of who Jim is as a person.

2. What identity crisis has Jim been struggling with?
(a) He feels like he should be head of the family since he is the oldest.
(b) He feels like a mountain man even though he is a farmer.
(c) He feels like an Indian even though he is white.
(d) He is starting to feel like a white man even though he is Indian.

3. What does Jim challenge Daniel to do?
(a) Do a math problem and write his name.
(b) Write Jim's and Jonnie's names.
(c) Write his own name and Jim's name.
(d) Write Sally's and Jim's names.

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

5. How do the settlers get the wagons down the hill?
(a) They tie large trees to the back of the wagons to slow the descent.
(b) They find another way to go besides the steep hill.
(c) They use horses to pull against the wagons to slow the descent.
(d) They unload and dismantle the wagons and lower them down with ropes.

6. How do the men convince Jim that fighting the Indians is not the best way to retrieve the cattle?
(a) They convince Jim that fighting would cost the lives of many of the Indians.
(b) They say the Indians will retaliate against the settlers if they try to fight them.
(c) They say they will probably lose if they try to fight the Indians.
(d) They are afraid some of their own men will get hurt or killed in a fight.

7. 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) Keep it.
(c) Personally hand it over to its owner.
(d) Kill it so noone else will know he stole it.

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

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

10. 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 finds where Daniel has written his name on some paper and uses that to practice.
(c) He asks Daniel to help him practice.
(d) He makes Daniel write his name over and over until he memorizes how to write it.

11. What do Jonnie and Sally do when Jim returns?
(a) Avoid him.
(b) Treat him more harshly than ever.
(c) Act as if nothing happened.
(d) Continue their argument with him.

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

13. 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.

14. What causes Jim to fear the Indians might retaliate against the settlers for his stealing the horse?
(a) An Indian brave see him.
(b) Several Indians see him.
(c) An Indian boy sees him.
(d) An Indian woman sees him.

15. What does Jim believe the Indians will do to him?
(a) They will kill him, slowly and painfully.
(b) They will let him go.
(c) They will enslave him.
(d) They will kill him, quickly and painlessly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim plan to do after seeing Daniel safely home?

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

3. Which of the following has NOT changed by the end of the book?

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

5. What does Daniel ask Jim to teach him?

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