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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Younger Bear's wife treat him?
(a) She is docile and quiet.
(b) She is reluctant to be touched.
(c) She often verbally abuses him.
(d) She is affectionate.

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

3. What happens to Jack's horse as he rides one morning in chapter 18?
(a) It breaks a leg.
(b) It chips a hoof.
(c) It falls off a cliff.
(d) It is shot in the neck.

4. Who is Ralph Fielding Snell?
(a) The real writer.
(b) Jack's nephew.
(c) Jack's son.
(d) The ficitonal writer/editor.

5. What is frighteningly accurate about Jack's story?
(a) The names of the historic figures Jack met.
(b) The time and place.
(c) The location of Custer's last stand.
(d) The details of the Battle of Little Big Horn.

6. Who does Jack rediscover while out with his new friend in chapter 20?
(a) His sister, Caroline.
(b) His wife, Sunshine.
(c) His wife, Olga.
(d) His niece, Amelia.

7. What profession does Jack turn to after gambling and bunco scams?
(a) Bank robbing.
(b) Mule skinning.
(c) Mercantile owner.
(d) Buffalo hunting.

8. How does Jack avoid being killed by three outlaws during the robbery of a train station?
(a) He convinces them he is a law officer.
(b) He convinces them he is a Cheyenne Indian.
(c) He convinces them he has a large band of outlaws they can join.
(d) He convinces them he is an idiot, not worth killing.

9. Where does Old Lodge Skins go after the Battle of Little Big Horn
(a) The Dakota Mountains.
(b) The Bighorn Mountains.
(c) The Missouri River Valley.
(d) The Platt River.

10. Why did Custer cut off his hair?
(a) It got in his way.
(b) His wife had a dream he was scalped.
(c) His mistress preferred it that way.
(d) The military told him to.

11. What does Jack do to earn a large amount of money in chapter 21?
(a) Rob banks.
(b) Mule skinner.
(c) Cheat at cards.
(d) Buffalo hunter.

12. How does Jack avoid being killed in a gunfight with Wild Bill Hickok?
(a) By refusing to fight.
(b) By using a trick to avoid the bullets.
(c) By using Wild Bill's own techniques.
(d) By hiding behind someone else.

13. When Custer finally makes Jack a scout, who does he order that he report to?
(a) The scout leader only.
(b) Custer only.
(c) Custer and the scout leader.
(d) Lavender and the scout leader.

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

15. Who does Jack learn has died?
(a) Mrs. Pendrake.
(b) Sunshine.
(c) Olga.
(d) Caroline.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jack run a bunco scam on a jeweler?

2. Why did Old Lodge Skins choose this person to accompany him?

3. Who does Jack find among the American dead, taking a scalp in chapter 18?

4. What happened to Jack Crabb when he finished speaking into the recording machine?

5. What ceremony does Old Lodge Skins perform?

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