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

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

3. How do Cheyenne teach their children?
(a) Through example.
(b) Through storytelling.
(c) Through language.
(d) Through organized classes.

4. Who acts as an heemaneh to Jack?
(a) His sister, Caroline.
(b) His brother, Bill.
(c) A military chaplain.
(d) A civilian shopkeeper.

5. What does Jack allow Muldoon to believe about him in chapter 8?
(a) That is an idiot from torture.
(b) That he is deaf.
(c) That he is blind.
(d) That he does not understand English anymore.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Jack believe the Cheyenne prefer larger women?

3. How does Jack offend one of the Cheyenne children with whom he plays in chapter 3?

4. What is a name the offended child gives to Jack out of anger for his actions?

5. Who claims there is gold in Colorado?

(see the answer key)

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