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

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

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

4. Which family is Kenton staying with in Chapter 5?

5. What are springs being used for in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Simon Kenton save Daniel's life?

3. Who is Ruth?

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

5. What does Simon Kenton become famous for?

6. How is Simon rescued?

7. How does Simon Girty try to stop the retaliation in Chapter 6?

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

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

10. What crime does Simon Kenton think that he has committed in Chapter 1?

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 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 3

Compare and contrast the differences between the living conditions of the early settlers and the life of someone such as yourself today.

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