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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. Why does Simon Kenton not get hired as a scout in Chapter 8?

2. In what year do the British give up their claims on their American Territories?

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

4. What tribe is Tecumseh visiting in the April, 1788?

5. What happens on September 16th, 1791?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What military role is Blue Jacket given in Chapter 9?

4. Why is St. Claire forced to resign?

5. What happens to Chiksika?

6. What happens when Blue Jacket is captured in Chapter 7?

7. Why does America go to war in 1812?

8. Why do the Indians hate Greathouse?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Tecumseh come to depend on his younger brother? What's the outcome of that alliance?

Essay Topic 2

What are ‘tomahawk improvements’? What happens to many of the claims made in this manner?

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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