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

2. Where is Simon trying to get to in Chapter 1?
(a) The West Coast.
(b) The Middle Land.
(c) Alaska.
(d) The East Coat.

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

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

5. What town do the Kentucky Colonists retreat to in Chapter 5?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Louisville.
(c) New York.
(d) Cincinnati.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of friction is there between Colonel Lewis and General Dunmore?

2. What job does Simon get after saving Strader?

3. Who adopts Boone in Chapter 4?

4. What does Simon Kenton decide to do in Chapter 5 to even the odds between British and Colonist?

5. What does Simon immediately notice about Western Kentucky?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Yaeger and George Strader at the beginning of Chapter 2?

3. What happens to the Moravian Indians in Chapter 6?

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

5. Why does Bill Grills quit the Frontier?

6. What was Simon Kenton known for as a youth and why?

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

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

9. How is Simon rescued?

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

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