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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the Crow warrior killed?
(a) Younger Bear scalps him.
(b) Jack shoots three arrows into his back.
(c) A Cheyenne warrior stabs him with a knife.
(d) A stray arrow from the battle strikes him in the head.

2. Who is Lavender?
(a) The Pendrakes' son.
(b) The doctor.
(c) Jack's school friend.
(d) A black servant of the Pendrakes.

3. Why does a Crow warrior attack Younger Bear and Jack?
(a) To take their belongings.
(b) To take them captive and force them to grow up the Crow way.
(c) To stop them from helping the Cheyenne warriors in stealing their horses.
(d) To steal their horses.

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

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

6. Why are the Cheyenne reluctant to fight the whites?
(a) They have no guns.
(b) They do not have enough warriors.
(c) They have no expectation of success.
(d) They know the whites are far more superior.

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

8. Who is Kane?
(a) The lay minister.
(b) The town doctor.
(c) Mr. Pendrake's assistant.
(d) Mrs. Pendrake's lover, the shopkeeper.

9. Who does Jack see selling liquor around the fort?
(a) His brother, Bill.
(b) His niece, Amelia.
(c) His sister, Caroline.
(d) His mother.

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

11. Why does Jack believe the Cheyenne prefer larger women?
(a) Due to cold and starvation.
(b) Due to a physical attraction.
(c) Due to their lack of sexual desire.
(d) Due to their ability to care for themselves.

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

13. 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.

14. What profession does Pa take on later in life that drives him a little crazy?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Preacher.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Barber.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Old Lodge Skins tell Jack he plans to do at Bent's Fort?

2. Why does Lavender want to run away?

3. What is the name of Jack's son?

4. What is a Contrary?

5. What does Old Lodge Skins have a dream about?

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