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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 is Jonnie worried about in chapter nine?
(a) That Jim doesn't know how to sign his name.
(b) That Daniel might run away.
(c) That Sally will start an argument with Jim.
(d) That Daniel might get hurt while learning the bow and arrow.

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 be nicer to Jonnie.
(d) She tries to get Jim to cut his hair.

3. What are the Indians doing when they "call out" the children?
(a) Teaching children to trail animals in hunting.
(b) Playing a game in which children are challenged to follow an older person.
(c) Playing a game in which children and elders throw objects at each other.
(d) Teaching the children to lead others in the tribe.

4. What does Jim believe the Indians will do to him?
(a) They will kill him, slowly and painfully.
(b) They will let him go.
(c) They will enslave him.
(d) They will kill him, quickly and painlessly.

5. What does Jim plan to do with the horse after the men all tell him that he shouldn't have stolen it?
(a) Put it back in the same place he found it.
(b) Kill it so noone else will know he stole it.
(c) Personally hand it over to its owner.
(d) Keep it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first to suggest that Jim can track the cattle thieves?

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

3. What does Sally tell Jim when he returns to the cabin?

4. What could one reasonably argue that Jim's braids symbolize?

5. Why is Jim avoiding work?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Jim change after returning the horse?

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

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

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

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

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