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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the Colonists start attacking the British forces in Chapter 3?
(a) For equal rights as citizens.
(b) For more protection.
(c) For more land.
(d) For less taxes.

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

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

4. What sort of friction is there between Colonel Lewis and General Dunmore?
(a) They both love the same woman.
(b) They both come from the same place in Britain.
(c) Both men are jealous for greater glory in battle.
(d) They both seek money.

5. Who adopts Boone in Chapter 4?
(a) The Mohawks.
(b) The British.
(c) The Sioux.
(d) The Shawnee.

6. Who is impressed at Simon's shooting in Chapter 1?
(a) Blue Jacket.
(b) Dan Johnson.
(c) Bill Grills.
(d) William Leaching.

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

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

9. Who is Ellen Cummings?
(a) Simon's aunt.
(b) Simon's childhood sweetheart.
(c) Someone Simon meets on the road.
(d) Simon's mother.

10. 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 attack the other colonists.
(d) To work for the British.

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

12. What challenge do the Indians force Simon to pass?
(a) Climbing a cliff.
(b) A run called the gauntlet.
(c) Capturing a snake.
(d) Jumping a waterfall.

13. What name did the protagonist’s mother want to call him originally?
(a) Eustace.
(b) Benjamin.
(c) Allan.
(d) Bill.

14. What does Colonel David Williamson decide to do with the Moravian Indians?
(a) Massacre them.
(b) Grant them land.
(c) Arrest them all.
(d) Let them go.

15. What happens to John Wood in Chapter 2?
(a) He is bitten by a spider.
(b) He falls off a cliff.
(c) He is bitten by a copperhead snake.
(d) He is bitten by a dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Simon hide up a tree?

2. How do Simon Kenton and Simon Girty get involved in Dunmore's army?

3. What does Simon immediately notice about Western Kentucky?

4. Why does Bill Grills leave the frontier?

5. Why is Edgar's wife so loathe to see Kenton go?

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