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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. Which family is Kenton staying with in Chapter 5?

2. Why does Bill Grills leave the frontier?

3. What happens to Captain Crawford in Chapter 6?

4. What job does Simon get after saving Strader?

5. How much land does Simon offer to each of his family and neighbors to return with him to Kentucky?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where and when was Simon Kenton born?

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

7. In what ways do chiefs Cornstalk and Logan both change their minds?

8. Why does Bill Grills quit the Frontier?

9. How is Simon adopted into the Shawnee tribe?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Studying the use of foreshadowing, dramatic tension and resolution, discuss whether the ending of the story is a fitting resolution to the plot.

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

In your own words, would you suggest that The Frontiersman presents an accurate picture of American history? How could you agree or disagree?

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