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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. What does Simon Girty tell the Whites in Chapter 6?
(a) The Indians want trade goods.
(b) The Indians need to be left alone.
(c) The Indians are their friends.
(d) The Indians want revenge.

2. What date does Cornstalk attack Colonel Lewis's force?
(a) October 6, 1974.
(b) October 6, 1874.
(c) October 5, 1874.
(d) October 1, 1874.

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

4. Who winters with Kenton in Chapter 5, proving to have become a drunk?
(a) Drouillard.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Simon.

5. What does George Strader decide to do in Chapter 2?
(a) Join the British.
(b) Return to civilization.
(c) Get revenge against the Indians.
(d) Join the Indians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tecumseh have to do as a part of his training to be a Brave?

2. What is distinct about the Moravian Indians?

3. How many Shawnee join Byrd's forces to destroy the Colonists?

4. Who of Boone's family dies in an ambush?

5. Who is Ellen Cummings?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Bill Grills quit the Frontier?

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

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

5. What family is hiding Kenton in Chapter 5?

6. How does Simon's father die?

7. Why does Simon Kenton start stealing horses?

8. What is the impressive action Kenton takes that awards him the job with Bill Grills?

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

10. Who is Ruth?

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