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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 26, Trailing the Hostiles.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item does Younger Bear give Jack when he is healed?
(a) The scalp of the Crow warrior.
(b) The arrow that killed the Crow warrior.
(c) A new bow and arrow.
(d) A carving of the Crow warrior.

2. What is in the whiskey barrel that causes trouble in chapter 23?
(a) Rattlesnake heads.
(b) Fish heads.
(c) Snake eggs.
(d) Fish entrails.

3. What is a Contrary?
(a) A wife who refuses to have children.
(b) A husband who refuses to live with his wife.
(c) A child who refuses to behave.
(d) A warrior who does everything backwards.

4. What does Old Lodge Skins tell Jack he plans to do at Bent's Fort?
(a) Sign away his lands.
(b) Attack the soldiers.
(c) Sign a peace treaty.
(d) Buy flour.

5. What gift does Jack give to Old Lodge Skins?
(a) Top hat.
(b) Derby.
(c) Sombrero.
(d) Cowboy hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Custer cut off his hair?

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

3. What happens to Jack's horse as he rides one morning in chapter 18?

4. How does Jack feel about Mrs. Pendrake?

5. What illness does Jack suffer in chapter 10?

(see the answer key)

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