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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What job does Simon get after saving Strader?
(a) Miller.
(b) Surveyor with the Greathouse expedition.
(c) Miner.
(d) Officer.

3. What old friend does Simon Kenton meet in Chapter 4?
(a) George Strader.
(b) William Leachman.
(c) Simon Girty.
(d) Daniel Boone.

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

5. What is distinct about the Moravian Indians?
(a) They are Buddhists.
(b) They all speak French.
(c) Their dress and customs.
(d) They are Christians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What offer does Simon refuse in Chapter 4?

2. Why does Bill Grills leave the frontier?

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

4. Who becomes the new governor of Kentucky?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What town is Simon Kenton hiding in at the beginning of Chaper 5?

2. Who is Ruth?

3. What does Simon Kenton become famous for?

4. Why does Simon Kenton start stealing horses?

5. How is Simon adopted into the Shawnee tribe?

6. In Chapter 3, who are the colonists at war with?

7. What is so devastating about the British military force?

8. In what ways do chiefs Cornstalk and Logan both change their minds?

9. Where is Simon Kenton attempting to travel to in Chapter 1?

10. Who surveys the site for the first city in Kentucky?

(see the answer keys)

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