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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Simon notice while up the tree?
(a) The Buffalo are wounded.
(b) An Indian encampment is nearby.
(c) The British are coming.
(d) Another scout is also hiding from the buffalo herd.

2. How long was Boone's fort under siege and yet didn't fall?
(a) 30 days.
(b) 15 days.
(c) 25 days.
(d) 13 days.

3. Who does John Yaeger say that he lived with for many years?
(a) The Indians.
(b) The Inuit.
(c) The British.
(d) The Spanish.

4. What happens to the Edgars in Chapter 5?
(a) They are arrested by the French.
(b) They are arrested by the Italian.
(c) They are arrested by the British.
(d) They are arrested by the Spanish.

5. Who of Boone's family dies in an ambush?
(a) His daughter.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His son.
(d) His brother.

6. In Chapter 2, what does General Dunmore hope to do?
(a) Make peace with the colonists.
(b) Raise an army to defeat the Indians.
(c) Defeat the Spanish.
(d) Make peace with the Indians.

7. Which family is Kenton staying with in Chapter 5?
(a) The Roosevelts.
(b) The Edgars.
(c) The Kennedys.
(d) The Bushs.

8. What particular creature does Simon manage to hunt in Chapter 3?
(a) Wolf.
(b) Rats.
(c) Armadillo.
(d) Bear.

9. What weapon do the British use, which the Colonists have no hope of using?
(a) Gatling gun.
(b) Rifle.
(c) Submarine.
(d) Cannon.

10. For what do Simon and Daniel Boone become relatively famous in Chapter 3?
(a) Attacking the Indians.
(b) Selling animal skins.
(c) Protecting the local Colonists.
(d) Telling tall stories.

11. What role do Simon and Girty play in the peace in Chapter 2?
(a) They are messengers between the Indians and the Whites.
(b) They help defeat the Indians.
(c) They surrender their side.
(d) They kill the Indian chief.

12. What does George Strader decide to do in Chapter 2?
(a) Get revenge against the Indians.
(b) Join the British.
(c) Return to civilization.
(d) Join the Indians.

13. What does Simon Kenton decide to do in Chapter 5 to even the odds between British and Colonist?
(a) Hire the Indians.
(b) Beseech the French.
(c) Tip the cannons into the river.
(d) Attack the British.

14. What name does Simon change his name to, in order to con some food and clothes from a neighbor?
(a) Butler.
(b) Smith.
(c) Fletcher.
(d) Miller.

15. What happens to Daniel Boone's expedition?
(a) They get arrested by the British.
(b) They get lost.
(c) They get captured by Blue Jacket's Indians.
(d) They get attacked by Black Hoof.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is impressed at Simon's shooting in Chapter 1?

2. What challenge do the Indians force Simon to pass?

3. What happens to Daniel Boone's daughter?

4. What happens to the Native American delegation in Chapter 3?

5. What is remarkable about the canoe of men that Simon helps one night?

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