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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is a second enemy to the Seventh Calvary's ability to survive?
(a) Themselves, infighting.
(b) The Indian scouts.
(c) The military leaders.
(d) Custer.

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

4. Who does Old Lodge Skins want to see on the battlefield?
(a) Lavender.
(b) Custer.
(c) The Sioux warriors.
(d) Botts.

5. Why has Younger Bear saved Jack?
(a) To repay a debt.
(b) To win Old Lodge Skins' affection.
(c) To protect his reputation as a warrior.
(d) To save a friend.

6. How old was Jack Crabb when he spoke into the recording machine?
(a) 100.
(b) 111.
(c) 101.
(d) 110.

7. Who does Old Lodge Skins take with him on his journey?
(a) Younger Bear.
(b) Jack.
(c) Little Horse.
(d) Burns Red in Sun.

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

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

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

11. What does Old Lodge Skins do after the ceremony?
(a) He smokes a peace pipe.
(b) He throws a party.
(c) He dies.
(d) He returns to the tribe.

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

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

14. 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.

15. Why does Jack need lots of money?
(a) To find his family.
(b) To care for Amelia.
(c) To move to California.
(d) To find Custer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jack believe his sister Caroline has most likely married?

2. What does the leader of the scouts say when Jack tries to convince him to tell Custer how many Sioux they are following?

3. Who stops the fight that nearly leads to the whiskey sellers death?

4. What does Old Lodge Skins say to the man he visits on the battlefield at Little Big Horn?

5. What is frighteningly accurate about Jack's story?

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