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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What language does Pa believe the Native Americans speak?
(a) Latin.
(b) Italian.
(c) Hebrew.
(d) Spanish.

2. What Cheyenne encouraged to do with their horses?
(a) Speak to them.
(b) Fed and shelter them only.
(c) Ride them often.
(d) Paint them for decoration.

3. What character does Jack pretend to be to keep some Comanche Indians from killing him in chapter 12?
(a) Calamity Jane.
(b) Wild Bill Hickok.
(c) Little Man.
(d) Wyatt Earp.

4. What does tatoimana mean?
(a) Ugly Folks.
(b) Banned Folks.
(c) Shy Folks.
(d) Brave Folks.

5. What happens to Jack when his business partners disappear?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Legal troubles.
(c) Great riches.
(d) Financial ruin.

6. Why does a mule skinner attempt to whip Jack in Omaha?
(a) Jack hit him first.
(b) Jack insulted his wife.
(c) Jack insulted him.
(d) Jack is pretending to be a mule.

7. What does Jack say the Cheyenne women do to the corpses of their enemies?
(a) Cry over them.
(b) Bury them.
(c) Undress them and steal their clothing.
(d) Mutilate the bodies and take parts for souvenirs.

8. How do Cheyenne think of their horses?
(a) They are there to transport warriors only.
(b) They are Earth's children.
(c) They are potential meat.
(d) They are Cheyenne too.

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

10. What new name does Old Lodge Skins give Jack after the Crow raid?
(a) Right-Handed Wolf.
(b) Little Big Man.
(c) Partially Scalped.
(d) Antelope Man.

11. How has Old Lodge Skins lost his sight?
(a) Sand Creek Massacre.
(b) A hunting injury.
(c) Old age.
(d) A fight with Younger Bear.

12. What is the name of Jack's new, white wife?
(a) Frances.
(b) Amelia.
(c) Olga.
(d) Marie.

13. How does Jack do when he is returned to white schools?
(a) Well with the help of a teacher.
(b) Poorly due to education differences from the Cheyenne.
(c) Well with the help of his adoptive mother.
(d) Poorly due to language difficulties.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jack convince Burns Red in the Sun of his true identity?

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

3. Who possibly is the nurse/poet Caroline became engaged to during the Civil War?

4. How does Jack feel about Mrs. Pendrake?

5. What does Old Lodge Skins think will eventually happen to all the whites?

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