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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Cheyenne think they can overcome constant conflict with the whites?
(a) By living in the mountains.
(b) By signing a peace treaty.
(c) By eliminating them.
(d) By leaving their fathers' lands.

2. Who is the brave who fights the Snake people, or Comanche, in a story Old Lodge Skins tells Jack?
(a) Sunshine.
(b) Little Man.
(c) Shadow in Sunlight.
(d) Snake Brave.

3. Who claims there is gold in Colorado?
(a) Wild Bill Hickcok.
(b) Kit Karson.
(c) Crazy Charlie.
(d) Wyatt Earp.

4. What part of an antelope does one of the braves force Jack to eat?
(a) Heart.
(b) Liver.
(c) Intestine.
(d) Lung.

5. What job do the Comanches give Jack after taking him captive in chapter 12?
(a) Hunter.
(b) Horse herder.
(c) Horse trainer.
(d) Scout.

6. How do Cheyenne boys learn to become men?
(a) By emulating men.
(b) By growing older.
(c) By learning great wisdom.
(d) By killing the white man.

7. What is count coup?
(a) Ride into the enemy and tap them with a stick.
(b) Count the number of enemy on the battlefield.
(c) Count the number of dead enemies on the battlefield.
(d) Ride into the enemy and kill them with a knife.

8. What does Jack tell Younger Bear that he owes Jack?
(a) A new pony.
(b) A life.
(c) A drink.
(d) A new hat.

9. What does Old Lodge Skins have a dream about?
(a) The white soldiers.
(b) Jack.
(c) Rain.
(d) Antelope.

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

11. What is a heemaneh?
(a) A homosexual woman.
(b) A Cheyenne woman.
(c) Half man, half woman.
(d) A personal servant.

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

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

14. Why did the Whites attack a Sioux village in chapter 5?
(a) The Sioux attacked a wagon train.
(b) The Sioux killed a sick cow.
(c) The Sioux stole their horses.
(d) The Sioux trespassed on their farms.

15. Who possibly is the nurse/poet Caroline became engaged to during the Civil War?
(a) Sydney Lanier.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) Herman Melville.
(d) James Ryder Randall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jack leave the Pendrakes?

2. What Cheyenne encouraged to do with their horses?

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

4. Why does Caroline decide to leave the Cheyenne village?

5. Who eventually adopts Jack?

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