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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What special permission does Sunshine give to Jack upon his return home from visiting his childhood friends in chapter 17?
(a) To take a second wife.
(b) To go on a long trip.
(c) To sleep with her three sisters.
(d) To return to white civilization.

2. Where are Jack and his Cheyenne band camped?
(a) South Dakota Mountains.
(b) Washita River.
(c) Platt River.
(d) Bighorn Mountains.

3. What job does Jack ask Custer for with the Seventh Calvary?
(a) Scout.
(b) Herder.
(c) Cook.
(d) Teamster.

4. Who does Jack refuse to cheat at cards after the first time in chapter 21?
(a) Wyatt Earp.
(b) Amelia.
(c) Kit Karson.
(d) Wild Bill Hickok.

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

6. What happened to Jack Crabb when he finished speaking into the recording machine?
(a) He disappeared.
(b) He sued the reporter for defamation of character.
(c) He died.
(d) He remarried.

7. What is in the whiskey barrel that causes trouble in chapter 23?
(a) Rattlesnake heads.
(b) Fish entrails.
(c) Fish heads.
(d) Snake eggs.

8. Why is Younger Bear happy Jack has survived?
(a) Because now he can kill him.
(b) Because he loves him like a brother.
(c) Because he has shown himself to be brave.
(d) Because he enjoys their rivalry.

9. Where does Jack travel to to join the Seventh Calvary?
(a) Powder River.
(b) Platt River.
(c) Missouri River.
(d) Washita River.

10. What symbols are interpreted by Jack for Custer?
(a) Symbols of a request for a treaty.
(b) Symbols of a note from a brave to a squaw.
(c) Symbols of dying soldiers.
(d) Symbols of a ritual.

11. Who does Jack discover Younger Bear is married to?
(a) Little Horse.
(b) A white woman, Jack's first wife.
(c) A Cherokee woman.
(d) Sunshine.

12. How many Sioux does Jack believe the Seventh Calvary are following?
(a) 500.
(b) 50.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 50,000.

13. Who does Jack vow to kill for the attack on the Cheyenne at Washita River?
(a) Younger Bear.
(b) George Custer.
(c) Old Lodge Skins.
(d) George Patton.

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

15. Who is Amelia to marry?
(a) A state senator's son.
(b) An Indian brave.
(c) A congressman's son.
(d) A senator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Indian artifact do the Seventh Calvary come across on the trail to Little Big Horn in chapter 27?

2. Why can the fictional writer/editor not verify the validity of Jack's story?

3. What does Wild Bill Hickok teach Jack?

4. What does Jack do to earn a large amount of money in chapter 21?

5. Why is Custer in a hurry to engage the Sioux?

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