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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 Simon Kenton betrothed to in Chapter 7?

2. How was Johnny Logan remembered?

3. What meeting happens in 1789 that clears the way for Ohio's Statehood?

4. What was the name of Tecumseh's closest brother?

5. Why is Kenton afraid for Greathouse in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What breaks up Tecumseh's relationship with Rebecca?

2. What does Tecumseh plan to do in Chapter 10?

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

4. Who is Martha Dowden?

5. Why is Simon Kenton suddenly in financial trouble in Chapter 10?

6. What event in Chapter 8 helps the States join together?

7. What is the significance of the death of Johnny Logan?

8. What natural occurrence predicts the war between Tecumseh and the Americans?

9. In Chapter 8, why do the French colonists arrive in Ohio?

10. Why is St. Claire forced to resign?

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

Describe Simon Kenton as a child. Describe Tecumseh as a child. How are the two similar? Dissimilar?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the actions and the eventual fate of the Greathouse party/expedition. Do you think they deserved their fate? Why do you think they did what they did?

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