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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 does Jim realize after talking with the man from the wagon train?
(a) He's leaving everything this man is working so hard to reach.
(b) This man will be harming Jim's Indian family if he settles in the valley.
(c) Some of the whites' ways of thinking are better than the Indians' ways of thinking.
(d) He's leaving his family to fend for themselves against the Indians in the area.

2. What does Daniel intend to do when he runs away?
(a) Find Jim and live with him.
(b) Go back home to Missouri.
(c) Steal a horse like Jim did.
(d) Join an Indian tribe.

3. Why is Jim surprised the thieves headed to the creek?
(a) Whites wouldn't think of heading to the creek.
(b) The creek is too cold to swim in this time of year.
(c) It would be difficult for the theives to drive the cattle through the creek.
(d) Indians wouldn't think of heading to the creek.

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

5. What does Mr. Rutledge believe about Jim?
(a) He will eventually fit in with the family.
(b) He will probably never fit in with the family.
(c) He will eventually go back to the Indians.
(d) He is lazy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim believe about stealing the horse?

2. What offer does Meek make?

3. What is Jonnie worried about in chapter nine?

4. What happens when Jonnie rides Jim's horse?

5. What is Jim's reaction to his own childhood memories?

Short Essay Questions

1. What rumors start to spread because of Jim's ride?

2. How do the cabin walls make Jim feel?

3. What does Sally do with the childhood picture of Jim and Jonnie?

4. Why do you think Jim left with Tom in chapter 16?

5. Why does Jim cut off his braids in the final chapter?

6. In chapter 17, what does Jim realize about the future of the region?

7. What does Jim overhear Jonnie and Mr. Rutledge discussing at the beginning of chapter nine?

8. What does Mr. Rutledge mean when he says Jim is struggling to find himself?

9. How does Jim change after returning the horse?

10. How does Jim trick Daniel into teaching him how to write his name?

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