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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the most likely reason Sally calls Jim "James"?
(a) Sally wants to keep their relationship formal.
(b) Jim asks her to call him James.
(c) Sally wants to show respect to her brother.
(d) Their mother called him James.

2. Who helps Jim after he is attacked by an animal?
(a) The Sioux Indians.
(b) The Cherokee Indians.
(c) The Crow Indians.
(d) The Kiowa Indians.

3. Who is the author of the book we are currently studying?
(a) James Ronald Harrington
(b) T. J. Remington.
(c) Joyce Louise Compton.
(d) Eloise Jarvis McGraw.

4. What do Jim and Tom do before breaking camp?
(a) Sing songs around the campfire.
(b) Run the traps.
(c) Clean their guns.
(d) Hunt for bear.

5. What had Jim planned to do before he reunited with Jonnie?
(a) He had planned to find his uncle.
(b) He had planned to join the Crow in their war with the Sioux.
(c) He had planned to keep traveling with Tom Rivers.
(d) He had planned to join the Sioux in their war with the Crow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What age is Jim when he leaves the Indians?

2. How does Jonnie seem to feel about Jim's physical appearance?

3. Before Jim receives the letter, Tom believes he is half _____.

4. Where does Jim go first to find someone to read his letter?

5. How does Jim feel about Sally calling him "James"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jim view farming differently from Jonnie?

2. What does Jim believe about Jonnie's banjo playing?

3. Why do you think the trappers did not return to check on Jim after the grizzly attacked?

4. Why do you think Jim named his mule Bad Medicine?

5. Why do you think Jim plans to stay with his family even after he helps them claim the land?

6. What is Daniel's reaction to Jim at their first meeting?

7. Why does Jim leave the Indian tribe?

8. What do we learn about Jim's family in the first four chapters?

9. Who is Tom Rivers?

10. Discuss Jim's bear claw necklace.

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