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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 old friend does Simon Kenton meet in Chapter 4?

2. Whose life does Simon save by carrying him to a fort, under Indian attack?

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

4. What does Simon immediately notice about Western Kentucky?

5. Who adopts Boone in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where and when was Simon Kenton born?

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

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

5. How is Simon rescued?

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

7. Why does Bill Grills quit the Frontier?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the use of foreshadowing in the book. How can we detect the spiralling violence, the escalation of threat in the players’ lives? Cite examples from the text.

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

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?

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