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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How wide is the river that Kin, Yance and the girls cross while they try to make it to safety?
(a) 50 yards wide.
(b) 100 yards wide.
(c) 150 yards wide.
(d) 75 yards wide.

2. What sound does Kin hear that indicates people are near where he and his brother are camped with the girls?
(a) Sound of an axe.
(b) Footsteps.
(c) Metal on metal.
(d) Breaking twigs.

3. Where does Samuel Maverick live?
(a) Winnesimmet.
(b) Piscataqua.
(c) Sokokis.
(d) Sagamore.

4. What island in the West Indies does Kin intend to go to first?
(a) Hispaniola.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Grenada.
(d) Jamaica.

5. What types of fish does Henry catch?
(a) Bass and trout.
(b) Panfish and striper.
(c) Salmon and pickerel.
(d) Walleye and crappie.

6. How many muskets does Kin say that the men have who are walking barefoot on a trail?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

7. How old does Yance believe that Carrie Penney is?
(a) 12.
(b) 9 or 10.
(c) 10 or 11.
(d) 8.

8. What direction does Yance decide he and Kin should go in the morning after the girls have escaped their captors?
(a) East.
(b) West.
(c) South.
(d) North.

9. Where does Kin believe that the war party of Indians they saw earlier have headed?
(a) North.
(b) South.
(c) West.
(d) East.

10. What do the girls and the Sacketts stop to pick after camping overnight?
(a) Blackberries.
(b) Blueberries.
(c) Mulberries.
(d) Huckleberries.

11. How old is Reverend Blaxton?
(a) 24.
(b) 36.
(c) About 40.
(d) About 30.

12. How many men does Kin see on shore when he swims across the river trying to catch up to the raft?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

13. What is the name of John Tilly's ship?
(a) La Belle.
(b) Margaret.
(c) The Lady.
(d) Abigail.

14. What is Kin hunting for at the beginning of the book?
(a) Deer.
(b) Elk.
(c) Bear.
(d) Pheasant.

15. How long does Kin believe it took the Indian to travel to him?
(a) 10 days.
(b) Probably more than a week.
(c) At least two weeks.
(d) 20 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the bold young lady that Blaxton and Maverick say disappeared a while back?

2. How long does Kin stop to eat huckleberries when he is trying to catch up with Yance and the girls after crossing the river?

3. What color hair does the man have who surprises Kin after he swims across the river?

4. What is Carrie's father's name?

5. Who does the old Indian who was sent to find Yance say took Carrie Penney?

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