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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Simon first meet on the road after running away?
(a) Bill Grills.
(b) Blue Jacket.
(c) Tecumseh.
(d) Dan Johnson.

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

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

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) They both seek money.
(d) Both men are jealous for greater glory in battle.

5. What is the name of Simon's captor?
(a) Tecumseh.
(b) Sugar Tree.
(c) Blue Jacket.
(d) Boh-nah

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

7. What offer does Simon refuse in Chapter 4?
(a) To marry Boone's daughter.
(b) To join with the British.
(c) To emigrate.
(d) To go on a hunting expedition with Boone.

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

9. Who becomes the new governor of Kentucky?
(a) Simon Kenton.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Daniel Boone.
(d) George Rogers Clarke.

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

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

12. How does Yaeger die?
(a) He is attacked by Indians.
(b) He is attacked by the Spanish.
(c) He is attacked by the British.
(d) He falls from a tree.

13. What does Colonel Bowman decide to do in Chapter 5?
(a) Attack the Sioux.
(b) Attack the Colonists.
(c) Attack the Shawnee Indians.
(d) Attack the Mohawk.

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

15. In Chapter 4, who is Girty about to work for?
(a) The British.
(b) The Americans.
(c) The Indians.
(d) The Spanish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city has Simon Kenton infiltrated in Chapter 5?

2. What is Marmaduke von Swearingen's new Indian Name?

3. What weapon do the British use, which the Colonists have no hope of using?

4. How do the Indian hostilities start in Chapter 2?

5. How long was Boone's fort under siege and yet didn't fall?

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