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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, We Get Jumped.

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) Rice.
(d) Flour.

2. Who does Jack find Mrs. Pandrake making love with?
(a) The shopkeeper.
(b) The shoemaker.
(c) Lavender.
(d) Mr. Pendrake.

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

4. Where are Jack and his family heading on the stage coach when it is attacked by Indians in chapter 14?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Santa Fe.
(c) Ft. Leavenworth.
(d) Chicago.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is count coup?

2. What gift does Jack give to Old Lodge Skins?

3. Who is Kane?

4. What does Jack say the Cheyenne women do to the corpses of their enemies?

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

(see the answer key)

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