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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jack put Amelia in a hotel?
(a) To use her for his own purposes.
(b) To give her to his friend.
(c) To clean her up and turn her into a lady.
(d) To give her a place to stay.

2. What music does Jack hear as his horse rears on a morning ride in chapter 18?
(a) Patriotic music.
(b) Folk music.
(c) Irish band music.
(d) A polka.

3. Who does Jack run into, selling whiskey out of a barrel?
(a) Younger Bear.
(b) His brother, Bill.
(c) His niece, Amelia.
(d) His sister, Caroline.

4. Where does Jack have to take Caroline at the end of chapter 24?
(a) A home for invalid people.
(b) A brothel.
(c) An insane asylum.
(d) A hospital.

5. Why is Custer in a hurry to engage the Sioux?
(a) To keep the Sioux from disappearing.
(b) To engage before another force arrives and engages them.
(c) To keep travelers in the area safe.
(d) To engage before a rival arrives.

6. What area is known as Greasy Grass to the Native Americans?
(a) South Dakota Mountain Range.
(b) Little Bighorn River.
(c) Missouri River Valley.
(d) Platt River Valley.

7. Why does Jack want to find Caroline?
(a) A gun.
(b) Support.
(c) A place to live.
(d) Money.

8. What causes Jack's new friend to have fits of fright?
(a) Gun shots.
(b) Loud music.
(c) Children screaming.
(d) Loud noises.

9. Why is Wild Bill humiliated in his fight with Jack?
(a) Jack runs away.
(b) Jack shoots him.
(c) Jack refuses to fight.
(d) Jack refuses to kill him.

10. Who does Jack come upon fighting in the streets when he arrives in Cheyenne, Wyoming?
(a) Gustav.
(b) Olga.
(c) Caroline.
(d) Younger Bear.

11. What does Old Lodge Skins' companion build after the ceremony is complete?
(a) Old Lodge Skins' death scaffold.
(b) A new tepee.
(c) Old Lodge Skins' new peace pipe.
(d) A new family.

12. Who does Jack believe his sister Caroline has most likely married?
(a) Frank Delight.
(b) Wyatt Earp.
(c) Wild Bill Hickok.
(d) Kit Karson.

13. How is Custer finally killed?
(a) A bullet in the heart.
(b) An arrow in the belly.
(c) A bullet in the head.
(d) A fall from his horse.

14. Who does Jack meet in Kansas City?
(a) Calamity Jane.
(b) Wyatt Earp.
(c) Kit Karson.
(d) Wild Bill Hickok.

15. What job does Custer offer Jack?
(a) Cook.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Scout.
(d) Herder or teamster.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jack told is wrong with the guns the soldiers have?

2. Who is Amelia to marry?

3. Why does Jack think Custer is crazy?

4. What does Lavender ask Jack to write for him?

5. What is the reason for the fight?

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