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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18, The Big Medicine of Long Hair.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does a mule skinner attempt to whip Jack in Omaha?
(a) Jack insulted him.
(b) Jack insulted his wife.
(c) Jack hit him first.
(d) Jack is pretending to be a mule.

2. Who does Jack believe Mrs. Pendrake will take as her next lover?
(a) The shoemaker.
(b) The doctor.
(c) The schoolteacher.
(d) The shopkeeper.

3. What does Jack promise the Pendrakes when he leaves?
(a) He will send money.
(b) He will live a sinfree life.
(c) He will never reveal their identities.
(d) He will come back.

4. Why does Jack engage in a fight with the Cheyenne at Plum Creek in chapter 15?
(a) In hopes of meeting some of his childhood friends.
(b) In hopes of finding his wife and child.
(c) In revenge for the death of his wife and child.
(d) In revenge for Old Lodge Skins abandoning him.

5. What does Jack do after losing his family?
(a) Becomes an alcoholic.
(b) Becomes a buffalo hunter.
(c) Spends all his time hunting the Indians.
(d) Spends all his money looking for his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Cheyenne boys learn to become men?

2. What music does Jack hear as his horse rears on a morning ride in chapter 18?

3. Who is the brave who fights the Snake people, or Comanche, in a story Old Lodge Skins tells Jack?

4. Who does Jack vow to kill for the attack on the Cheyenne at Washita River?

5. Where does Jack hide Sunshine and their son as the cavalry approaches?

(see the answer key)

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