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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. Which of the settlers at Shooting Creek married a Spanish wife?

2. How old does Yance believe that Carrie Penney is?

3. What sound does Kin hear that indicates people are near where he and his brother are camped with the girls?

4. Where was Sakim the teacher for Kin and his siblings?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Yance describe Diana Macklin?

2. What does Diana tell Kin about Samuel Maverick?

3. How do Kin and Yance know that the girls have escaped their captors?

4. Why is Reverend Blaxton considered to be eccentric?

5. Why does Kin believe that something is on the trail he watches while he hunts?

6. Why did the northern settlers put Yance in the stocks and how did he get free?

7. Why is Kin cautious about helping the Indian he sees coming up the path?

8. Why does Yance say that he and Kin will be alone looking for the kidnapped girls?

9. Why does Kin decide he will go to the West Indies?

10. How did Henry become the servant of a ship's captain?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Adele Legare and her character qualities.

Essay Topic 2

Kin experiences a number of conflicts--internal and external. Discuss conflicts that Kin experiences in the book.

Essay Topic 3

Kin and Yance have to elude their pursuers. Discuss how Kin and Yance elude their pursuers.

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