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

2. How does Sally use a picture of Jim and Jonnie?
(a) She tries to get Jim to work harder.
(b) She tries to make Jim tell her about his childhood.
(c) She tries to get Jim to cut his hair.
(d) She tries to get Jim to be nicer to Jonnie.

3. Why does Jim throw pebbles at Daniel?
(a) They are playing and Jim tells Daniel he has to "dodge bullets".
(b) Jim is angry at Daniel.
(c) Throwing is an essential part of Daniel being "called out".
(d) Daniel challenges Jim to see if he can hit him with pebbles.

4. What does Jim feel when the cabin is finished?
(a) Shame.
(b) Admiration.
(c) Anger.
(d) Pride.

5. What does Sally tell Jim when he returns to the cabin?
(a) She tells him she wishes he would move into the cabin with the family.
(b) She berates him for endangering himself and others.
(c) She tells him her opinion about his stealing the horse.
(d) She admits she has been nagging him about things that don't really matter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jim decide he shouldn't return to trapping in the mountains?

2. What does Daniel ask Jim to teach him?

3. Where did Daniel learning writing and arithmetic?

4. Which of these does Jim tell Tom?

5. How do the settlers get the wagons down the hill?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Daniel's relationship with Jim throughout the book, and some of its consequences.

2. How does Jonnie's attitude change when he sees Jim's scars?

3. Discuss Jim's Eagle Feather.

4. Compare Jim's view of stealing the horse with the view of the other men.

5. How does Jim use his tracking skills to help the neighbors in chapter 12?

6. How do Jim and Joe Meek rescue Daniel?

7. What does Jim do after his ride?

8. Why do you think Jim goes on his wild ride?

9. Why does Jim have Daniel follow him into cold water?

10. What argument do Sally and Jim have after the family moves into the cabin?

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