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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. What does Simon notice while up the tree?

2. What are Tomahawk Improvements?

3. Who winters with Kenton in Chapter 5, proving to have become a drunk?

4. Why is Simon adopted into the Shawnee Tribe?

5. Why does Ruth decide she cannot marry Simon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Simon Kenton become famous for?

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

3. What family is hiding Kenton in Chapter 5?

4. How do the hostilities with the Indians start in Chapter 2?

5. How does Simon's father die?

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

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

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

9. Why does Bill Grills quit the Frontier?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Simon Kenton's wilful stubbornness as a character. At first it appears to be a flaw in childhood, only to be a virtue in his later career as a frontiersman. How would you agree or disagree with this?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the actions of the character Simon Girty in the book. Why does he appear to help two sides of the war at the same time? What quotes point towards his real motivations and inner character?

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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