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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. Where is Simon when Chapter 3 begins?
(a) Canada.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Virginia.

2. What State does Chapter 6 begin in?
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Kentucky.

3. What job was Simon expected to do because it was what his father did?
(a) Soldier.
(b) Merchant.
(c) Hunter.
(d) Sharecropper.

4. Why does Ruth decide she cannot marry Simon?
(a) Because she couldn't bear hearing of his death.
(b) Because he isn't a Christian.
(c) Because he is too wild.
(d) Because he is too poor.

5. How do the Indian hostilities start in Chapter 2?
(a) The settlers attack the Indian villages.
(b) A white settler insults an Indian.
(c) A member of Bullitt's team shoots an Indian Brave.
(d) An Indian Brave shoots a surveyor.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How far was the turkey shot, in Chapter 1?

4. What does Simon Girty tell the Whites in Chapter 6?

5. What happens to John Wood in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Chief Cornstalk when he goes to Fort Randolph?

2. What crime does Simon Kenton think that he has committed in Chapter 1?

3. What does Simon Kenton become famous for?

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

5. What is 'the gauntlet', and why does Simon have to run it?

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

7. Why has Simon got so much land in Chapter 6?

8. How is Simon adopted into the Shawnee tribe?

9. How does Simon Girty try to stop the retaliation in Chapter 6?

10. What is the Shawnee Nation divided over in Chapter 5?

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