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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 is the chief of the Shawnees at the beginning of Chapter 7?

2. What causes Harrison to attack Tecumseh's forces first?

3. How do hostilities break out at the festive event in Chapter 7?

4. What businesses of Kenton's son goes bust?

5. What financial danger is presented to Simon Kenton Senior?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Martha Dowden?

2. Why is St. Claire forced to resign?

3. Why does America go to war in 1812?

4. Why do the Indians hate Greathouse?

5. What religion does Kenton convert to, and what changes about his personality?

6. Why is literacy and education becoming important in Chapter 8?

7. What actions do the British take in Chapter 10?

8. What happens to Simon Kenton's family in Chapter 10?

9. Why does Blue Jacket kill his own brother?

10. How does Simon take to protecting his fellow colonists in Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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