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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Daniel Boone's daughter?
(a) She marries a British officer.
(b) She is captured by the British.
(c) She is captured by Indians.
(d) She marries an Indian.

2. How far was the turkey shot, in Chapter 1?
(a) 330 feet.
(b) 300 feet.
(c) 3 feet.
(d) 332 feet.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what does Loramie tell Simon?
(a) That he should proceed further west.
(b) That he should join the Indians.
(c) That he still hasn't found the rich canelands.
(d) That he should leave the frontier.

4. What does Thomas Bullitt negotiate with the Chilahgawtha Indians in Chapter 2?
(a) To sell him some land.
(b) To settle one side of the Ohio River.
(c) To work for the British.
(d) To attack the other colonists.

5. Why is Edgar's wife so loathe to see Kenton go?
(a) Because he brings good food.
(b) Because he has a lot of information.
(c) She is infatuated with him.
(d) Because he protects them.

6. What are springs being used for in Chapter 4?
(a) Making medicine.
(b) Feeding horses.
(c) Salt extraction.
(d) Cleaning wounds.

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

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

9. What is the name of the second girl that Simon becomes enamored by?
(a) Martha.
(b) Emily.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Elaine.

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

11. Whose life does Simon save by carrying him to a fort, under Indian attack?
(a) Simon Girty.
(b) John Yaeger.
(c) Daniel Boothe.
(d) Daniel Boone.

12. What does the adopted Blue Jacket want to see happen?
(a) War with the Whites.
(b) War with the British.
(c) War with the settlers.
(d) War with the Spanish.

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

14. How much land does Simon offer to each of his family and neighbors to return with him to Kentucky?
(a) 1 acre.
(b) 1,000 acres.
(c) 100 acres.
(d) 10 acres.

15. Who are the missionaries that have to leave their fork in the river because of Indian threats?
(a) Romanians.
(b) Anglicans.
(c) Carpathians.
(d) Moravians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Simon immediately notice about Western Kentucky?

2. Who is Ellen Cummings?

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

4. What name did the protagonist’s mother want to call him originally?

5. What job was Simon expected to do because it was what his father did?

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