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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. How does Sally use a picture of Jim and Jonnie?
(a) She tries to get Jim to be nicer to Jonnie.
(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 work harder.

2. What does Jim realize after killing the Indian and returning the horse?
(a) He has accomplished a brave victory for his family by killing an Indian.
(b) He cares about what others think of him.
(c) He has betrayed his Indian family.
(d) He does not feel like an Indian or a white man.

3. What identity crisis has Jim been struggling with?
(a) He is starting to feel like a white man even though he is Indian.
(b) He feels like an Indian even though he is white.
(c) He feels like a mountain man even though he is a farmer.
(d) He feels like he should be head of the family since he is the oldest.

4. What does being "called out" sometimes include?
(a) Swimming in very cold water.
(b) Hunting at night.
(c) Throwing knives.
(d) Sitting and talking for hours.

5. What does Jim want to do for Jonnie?
(a) Teach him how to ride a mule.
(b) Get him a horse.
(c) Teach him how to ride a horse.
(d) Get him a mule.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jim's "medicine song"?

2. What does Jim tell the man from the wagon train about Willamette Valley?

3. What does Sally tell Jim that prompts him to leave the house?

4. What is Daniel doing when Jim finds him?

5. What convinces Jim he should stay with his family?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the cabin walls make Jim feel?

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

3. What does Jonnie do when Jim starts shirking his chores in chapter 10?

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

5. Discuss Jim's Eagle Feather.

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

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

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

9. What does Jim do after his ride?

10. How does Jim change after returning the horse?

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