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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Going for Gold.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Kane accused of doing?
(a) Cheating at poker.
(b) Impregnating a sixteen year old girl.
(c) Stealing.
(d) Having an affair with a married woman.

2. What job does Jack take soon after arriving in this new city?
(a) Mule skinner.
(b) Buffalo hunter.
(c) Guide for a mule train.
(d) Railroad worker.

3. What information does the soldier, Muldoon, try to get from Jack when he returns him to white civilization?
(a) The location of the Cheyenne.
(b) His experiences living with the Cheyenne.
(c) The Cheyenne language.
(d) Cheyenne battle methods.

4. Why does Jack get into a fight with one of the school children?
(a) Jack is only playing in the Cheyenne way.
(b) The boy teases Jack.
(c) Jack is unhappy in white society.
(d) The boy is smarter than Jack.

5. What illness does Jack suffer in chapter 10?
(a) Pnuemonia.
(b) Plague.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Tuberculosis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mr. Pendrake take Jack to discuss sin?

2. What character does Jack pretend to be to keep some Comanche Indians from killing him in chapter 12?

3. What weapon is Jack accused of pulling on a school boy during a fight?

4. What item do members of the wagon train run out of, which they attempt to resupply in Laramie?

5. How do Cheyenne boys learn to become men?

(see the answer key)

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