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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mr. Rutledge advise Jonnie when Jim starts shirking his chores?
(a) To take food away from Jim when he doesn't do his chores.
(b) To leave him to his own devices.
(c) To work harder at getting Jonnie to become less like the Indians.
(d) To confront him about his responsibilities.

2. 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 war between the Indians and the whites over the land.
(c) He sees there will be many advances in technology in the area such as factories and mills.
(d) He sees there will be Indian reservations in the area.

3. How do the settlers get the wagons down the hill?
(a) They unload and dismantle the wagons and lower them down with ropes.
(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 tie large trees to the back of the wagons to slow the descent.

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

5. 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.

6. What convinces Jim he should stay with his family?
(a) He realizes he can't leave Daniel to sort through his emotions alone.
(b) He realizes he no longer feels any loyalty to his Indian family.
(c) He realizes he wants to stay to become the deputy sheriff.
(d) He realizes Jonnie needs his help building the homestead.

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

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

9. Which of the following conflicts is NOT resolved by the end of the book?
(a) Jim has come to a conclusion about his identity.
(b) Joe Meek has solved the mystery of what happened at the Indian camp the night Jim stole the horse.
(c) Sally has come to accept some of Jim's differences.
(d) Jim has decided that the best place for him is with his family.

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

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

12. What is Jonnie worried about in chapter nine?
(a) That Jim doesn't know how to sign his name.
(b) That Daniel might get hurt while learning the bow and arrow.
(c) That Sally will start an argument with Jim.
(d) That Daniel might run away.

13. How does Jim feel about living in the cabin?
(a) Proud and happy.
(b) Ashamed of his white family.
(c) Free and satisfied.
(d) Closed in and panicky.

14. Where does Jim sleep before he moves into the cabin?
(a) In a cave.
(b) In a lodge made of skins.
(c) In a grass hut.
(d) On the ground in the open air.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Daniel become unhappy with Jim?

2. How do the men convince Jim that fighting the Indians is not the best way to retrieve the cattle?

3. What does Jim think when he sees wagons about to head down a steep hill?

4. How does Sally use a picture of Jim and Jonnie?

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

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