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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 do Jim and Daniel do when Jim calls Daniel out?
(a) Throw sticks and pebbles at each other.
(b) Swim in the river.
(c) Discuss leadership.
(d) Hunt in the woods.

2. Who does Jim often take with him when he slips away from his work?
(a) Mr. Rutledge.
(b) Jonnie.
(c) Bad Medicine.
(d) Daniel.

3. What does Jim plan to do after seeing Daniel safely home?
(a) Find Tom Rivers.
(b) Rejoin the Indian tribe.
(c) Head West.
(d) Head East.

4. Which of the following conflicts is NOT resolved by the end of the book?
(a) Jim has come to a conclusion about his identity.
(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) Sally has come to accept some of Jim's differences.

5. What rumor spreads about the lone rider's horse?
(a) He has wings.
(b) He is made of fire.
(c) He is invisible.
(d) His mane consists of white flames.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sally use a picture of Jim and Jonnie?

2. What does Jim think when he sees wagons about to head down a steep hill?

3. When Jim steals the horse, what does he plan to do with it?

4. What does Jim challenge Daniel to do?

5. Where does Jim sleep before he moves into the cabin?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do Jim and the men disagree about the way to retrieve the cattle?

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

5. Discuss Jim's Eagle Feather.

6. How do the cabin walls make Jim feel?

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

8. How has Sally's attitude changed towards Jim since she first reunited with him?

9. Why is Daniel unhappy with Jim in chapter fifteen?

10. How do Jim and Joe Meek rescue Daniel?

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