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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What job does Jack ask Custer for with the Seventh Calvary?
(a) Scout.
(b) Cook.
(c) Teamster.
(d) Herder.
2. Where does Jack travel to to join the Seventh Calvary?
(a) Washita River.
(b) Missouri River.
(c) Powder River.
(d) Platt River.
3. What does Old Lodge Skins do after the ceremony?
(a) He throws a party.
(b) He returns to the tribe.
(c) He smokes a peace pipe.
(d) He dies.
4. What Indian artifact do the Seventh Calvary come across on the trail to Little Big Horn in chapter 27?
(a) A tepee.
(b) A death scaffold.
(c) A stash of weapons.
(d) A sun dance lodge.
5. Who is this person fighting with?
(a) Morning Star.
(b) Calamity Jane.
(c) Sunshine.
(d) Caroline.
6. How long did Jack Crabb live after the Battle of Little Big Horn?
(a) 77 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 50 years.
(d) 10 years.
7. What does Jack think of Custer in his final moments?
(a) Custer got what he desearved.
(b) Custer made too many mistakes.
(c) Custer is a saint.
(d) Custer is a great man.
8. What does Lavender ask Jack to write for him?
(a) A poem to his wife.
(b) Symbols in the dirt to warn the Sioux.
(c) A letter home.
(d) A will.
9. Why does Jack run a bunco scam on a jeweler?
(a) To raise money to send Amelia to a good school.
(b) To pay for his search for his family.
(c) To pay Wild Bill back the money he cheated him out of at cards.
(d) To raise money for Caroline.
10. Who is Amelia to marry?
(a) A state senator's son.
(b) A congressman's son.
(c) An Indian brave.
(d) A senator.
11. What music does Jack hear as his horse rears on a morning ride in chapter 18?
(a) Folk music.
(b) A polka.
(c) Patriotic music.
(d) Irish band music.
12. Why can the fictional writer/editor not verify the validity of Jack's story?
(a) There are no witnesses.
(b) There is no evidence of a Jack Crabb at Little Big Horn.
(c) There are no pictures.
(d) There is no documentation of Jack Crabb.
13. What Indians are preparing to battle against the Seventh Calvary?
(a) Sioux and Cheyenne.
(b) Cherokee and Crow.
(c) Sioux and Apache.
(d) Apache and Comanche.
14. What job does Custer offer Jack?
(a) Soldier.
(b) Scout.
(c) Herder or teamster.
(d) Cook.
15. How is Custer finally killed?
(a) A bullet in the heart.
(b) An arrow in the belly.
(c) A fall from his horse.
(d) A bullet in the head.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is buffaloing?
2. What profession does Jack turn to after gambling and bunco scams?
3. How does Custer react when soldiers shot their own horses to take a more defensive stance?
4. Why does Jack need lots of money?
5. What is frighteningly accurate about Jack's story?
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