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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. 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.

2. Why is Jim's mule acting strangely one afternoon?
(a) He has a rock in his hoof.
(b) He senses that someone is coming.
(c) He doesn't like doing the farmwork.
(d) He is sick.

3. Jim only has one beaver in his traps. What is most likely the reason for this?
(a) Most of the beavers have died from sickness.
(b) Jim doesn't know how to set the traps properly.
(c) Big companies have trapped out most of the beaver from the area.
(d) The Indians have trapped out most of the beaver from the area.

4. Why does Jim wear the Eagle feather?
(a) He earned it by counting coup.
(b) His Indian father gave it to him.
(c) He earned it by leading a coup.
(d) His Indian mother gave it to him.

5. Where is Jim camping as the story opens?
(a) At the base of a mountain, by Powder River.
(b) In the mountains above Powder River.
(c) At the base of a mountain, by Columbia River.
(d) In the mountains above Columbia River.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jim run away with at age eleven?

2. What does Jim's dog look like?

3. How do Sally and Jonnie feel about Jim's decision to stay with the family?

4. What does Jim have to stop and do on his way to the Dalles?

5. Who is the author of the book we are currently studying?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Jim's occupation in chapter one and discuss why Jim feels it is time for a change.

3. How does the group plan to travel down the Columbia river?

4. Describe Jim's journey to the Dalles.

5. What are bourgeways, and what does Jim believe about them?

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

7. What do we learn about Jim in chapter two when he receives a letter from his family?

8. Why does Jim leave the Indian tribe?

9. What cultural adaptations does Jim have to make in chapters 5 through 8?

10. Discuss Jim's bear claw necklace.

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