Mr. Tucket

What conclusion did Francis come to about himself?

• He was not a mountain man and did not want to be a mountain man. He was going to Oregon to his kind of life.

• He would make the best mountain man there was.

• He was scared and afraid of living by himself.

• He was the only person that was able to persevere.

Why was Francis upset when he saw the doll with the broken nose?

• Francis was afraid that his sister was dead or was stolen by the Indians.

• Francis was the person who broke the doll’s nose.

• Francis was afraid that Braid was going to kill him.

• Francis thought that he should look for Rebecca in the Indian camp

How did Francis improve his ability to ride an Indian pony?

• Francis tried to ride like the man he had seen riding bareback at the circus back in Missouri.

• Francis tried to imitate the way Mr. Grimes rode his Indian pony.

• Francis traded for a smaller horse that he thought would be easier to ride than the pony.

• Francis led the pony around with a rope.

How did Mr. Grimes lose his arm?

• Mr. Grimes was mauled by a grizzly bear.

• Mr. Grimes fell out of a tree and broke his arm.

• Mr. Grimes’s arm was cut in a fight, became infected, and had to be amputated.

• Mr. Grimes’s arm was shot off by a man in a rifle shooting contest.

After Francis was given new buckskins, what did he do with his old clothes?

• Francis put the old clothes in his saddlebags.

• Francis buried the old clothes under a rotten log.

• Francis gave the old clothes to an Indian boy.

• Francis burned his old clothes.

When Jim Bridger and Jake Barnes came to the camp, how could Francis tell that the men were not Indians?

• The men were wearing U.S. Cavalry uniforms.

• The men did not dismount or ride their horses the way Indians did.

• The men were riding in covered wagons.

• The men were smoking cigars.

What did Francis make using eight-foot-long pieces of aspen wood and strings of green rawhides?

• beaver traps

• drying hoops

• tomahawks

• bridles for his horses

Who destroyed Spot Johnnie’s trading post?

• Mr. Grimes and Francis

• Braid and the Pawnee Indians

• Standing Bear and the Sioux Indians

• The Crow Indians

What object belonging to Francis did the Pawnees steal?

• Francis’s horse blanket

• Francis’s covered wagon

• Francis’s bow and arrows

• Francis’s rifle

In Chapter 19, why was Francis happy that snow was falling on them?

• He had never seen snow before.

• The snow reminded him of his parents.

• The snow hid their tracks.

• Winter is his favorite season.