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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Jim's reaction to his own childhood memories?
(a) The memories convince him that Sally is right about many things.
(b) He fights them.
(c) He tries to remember more.
(d) He tells the memories to Daniel.

5. What does being "called out" sometimes include?
(a) Swimming in very cold water.
(b) Hunting at night.
(c) Throwing knives.
(d) Sitting and talking for hours.

6. Why does Jim believe the thieves are Indian, not white?
(a) He finds the boots and clothes they left behind in the woods.
(b) He finds an arrow in a fencepost.
(c) They left bare footprints as well as bootprints.
(d) They didn't put weight down on their boots like white men would.

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

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

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

10. Why does Joe Meek come to visit Jim?
(a) He has heard there is trouble at one of the Indian camps.
(b) He enjoys Sally's cooking.
(c) The other men told Joe that Jim had stolen a horse.
(d) He wants to visit with Jim about trapping.

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

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

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

14. What does Jim believe about stealing the horse?
(a) He didn't actually steal it because he planned all along to put it back.
(b) It was okay to steal it because the Indians stole it from someone else.
(c) It was wrong to steal it.
(d) It was okay to steal it because Indians would just say he is "counting coup".

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who throws pebbles at Jim?

2. What does Mr. Rutledge believe about Jim?

3. What does Daniel intend to do when he runs away?

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

5. How does Jim feel about living in the cabin?

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