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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 offer does Meek make?
(a) He offers Jim a deputy job.
(b) He offers Jonnie a deputy job.
(c) He offers to pardon Jim for stealing the horse.
(d) He offers to become a trapper with Jim in the mountains.

2. How does Jonnie's attitude change after seeing Jim's scars?
(a) He beleives it might be best if Jim goes back to the Indians.
(b) He begins to have more respect for Jim's beleifs about land.
(c) He begins to understand Jim's empathy toward the Indians.
(d) He begins to feel sorry for Jim.

3. What is Jonnie's concern about the trail?
(a) He is afraid Meek won't be able to follow it in the dark.
(b) He is afraid the trail will be too steep.
(c) He doesn't think Jim left a strong enough trail to follow.
(d) He is afraid the wind and rain have erased the trail.

4. 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.

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 is lazy.
(d) He will eventually go back to the Indians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim challenge Daniel to do?

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

3. How does Mr. Rutledge assure Jonnie?

4. Why does Jim believe the thieves are Indian, not white?

5. What does Jim foresee for the future of the region.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Sally has a change of heart when Jim returns from the Indian camp in chapter fourteen?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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