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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many white men has Tecumseh already killed by age 15?

3. Whom does Simon fight before running away?

4. In Chapter 4, who is Girty about to work for?

5. Where is Simon trying to get to in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where and when was Simon Kenton born?

2. How is Simon adopted into the Shawnee tribe?

3. Why does Simon Kenton start stealing horses?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How is Simon rescued?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the notion of historical veracity in fiction. How can it be said that Eckert's book is biased? Is it historically accurate?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of Greed in The Frontiersman by Allan W. Ekert. Which character(s) personify it? What does it motivate them to do?

Essay Topic 3

What prompts Simon to leave his family's Virginia farm? Discuss the event and its ramifications on his later life.

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