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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jonnie want Jim to do?

2. How is Jonnie suffering as a result of Jim's identity crisis?

3. How does Jonnie help Jim deal with his emotions?

4. What do Jim and Daniel do when Jim calls Daniel out?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Jim and Joe Meek rescue Daniel?

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

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

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

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

7. What is one way Jim's struggles in Moccasin Trail are similar to the struggles of some young people in our world today?

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

9. What happens when Jim tries to return the horse?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Jim's inner struggles relate to the struggles of young people in modern times? Site three modern examples of youth struggles and compare and contrast them to Jim's struggles in "Moccasin Trail".

Essay Topic 2

Discuss two of the following events and how they impacted characters' decisions and actions. Tell whether these events are important to the story, and how the story might have been different without them, and what, if any, changes they cause to characters. (The grizzly attack, Indians stealing the settlers' cattle, Tom's visit, Daniel's running away.)

Essay Topic 3

The main characters in "Moccasin Trail" have to make many adaptations. Discuss environmental, cultural, and familial adaptations Jim, Sally, Jonnie and Daniel must make.

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