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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, A New Name.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item do members of the wagon train run out of, which they attempt to resupply in Laramie?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Flour.
(d) Rice.

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

3. What river do Caroline and Jack attempt to cross after leaving the carnage of the wagon train?
(a) Platte.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Big Horn.
(d) Missouri.

4. How does Jack offend one of the Cheyenne children with whom he plays in chapter 3?
(a) By refusing to acknowledge an act of kindness.
(b) By showing concern for a wound he caused.
(c) By hitting the boy in the nose.
(d) By playing their games the wrong way.

5. What item does Caroline use to protect herself and her mother from the Indians?
(a) Rifle.
(b) Gun.
(c) Bullwhip.
(d) Knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Pa's original profession?

2. What does Old Lodge Skins do when a herd of antelope approach the prairie where he has been meditating?

3. What Cheyenne encouraged to do with their horses?

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

5. Why does a Crow warrior attack Younger Bear and Jack?

(see the answer key)

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