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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Old Lodge Skins do when a herd of antelope approach the prairie where he has been meditating?
(a) He kills one for his family to eat.
(b) He shouts to make them leave.
(c) He calms the leader.
(d) He runs the other direction.

2. What city does Jack go to after leaving the Pendrakes?
(a) New York.
(b) Chicago.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) Santa Fe.

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

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

5. What is the name of Jack's son?
(a) Dwayne.
(b) Gustav.
(c) Jean Luc.
(d) Fredricko.

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

7. What does Old Lodge Skins tell Jack he plans to do at Bent's Fort?
(a) Attack the soldiers.
(b) Sign a peace treaty.
(c) Sign away his lands.
(d) Buy flour.

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

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

10. Who eventually adopts Jack?
(a) A reverend.
(b) A schoolteacher.
(c) A shopkeeper.
(d) A military officer.

11. When Jack returns from Ft. Leavenworth with help, what does he find in chapter 14?
(a) His family is dead.
(b) His wife and child have been taken captive.
(c) Everything is gone.
(d) The Indians are still there.

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

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

14. What is a Contrary?
(a) A child who refuses to behave.
(b) A warrior who does everything backwards.
(c) A husband who refuses to live with his wife.
(d) A wife who refuses to have children.

15. What is Pa's original profession?
(a) Barber.
(b) Preacher.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What information does the soldier, Muldoon, try to get from Jack when he returns him to white civilization?

2. What job does Jack take soon after arriving in this new city?

3. Who does Jack find Mrs. Pandrake making love with?

4. How do Cheyenne punish their children?

5. What do the hunters do with the antelope herd?

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