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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. In Chapter 11, what does the President ask Tecumseh to do?

2. What do Simon and Martha call their daughter?

3. What rule does Tecumseh impose upon his followers in Chapter 11?

4. How was Johnny Logan remembered?

5. What do Tecumseh and Simon Kenton agree to do in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kenton witness, that causes him to urge for increased military action against Tecumseh?

2. Who is the aging chief of the Shawnee tribe in Chapter 7, and how does he pass away?

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

4. In what way does Tecumseh's brother almost fumble Tecumseh's best-laid plans?

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

6. Why does America go to war in 1812?

7. Why is St. Claire forced to resign?

8. Who is Martha Dowden?

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

10. What impact do the deaths of Simon Kenton's family have on his character?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 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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