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

2. Who is the protagonist of the novel?
(a) Dan Johnston.
(b) Bill Grills.
(c) Simon Kenton.
(d) William Leaching.

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

4. Why is Simon adopted into the Shawnee Tribe?
(a) Because he is brave.
(b) Because he is tall.
(c) Because he is Simon Girty's blood brother.
(d) Because he is a good hunter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ellen Cummings?

2. What is the name of the woman that Simon has feelings for in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Simon find out in Chapter 5 that he can use his real name once again?

5. Where and when was Simon Kenton born?

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

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

8. Who is Ruth?

9. How is Boone captured, and what happens to him thereafter?

10. How does Simon's father die?

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