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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is buffaloing?
(a) Killing buffalo.
(b) Hitting someone on the knee with the handle of a knife.
(c) Hitting someone on the head with the butt of a gun.
(d) Skinning buffalo.

5. Who does Caroline believe Wild Bill wants to marry?
(a) Olga.
(b) Her.
(c) Amelia.
(d) Jack.

6. How long did Jack Crabb live after the Battle of Little Big Horn?
(a) 77 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 50 years.

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

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

9. Who does everyone believe Wild Bill Hickok is going to marry?
(a) Caroline.
(b) Calamity Jane.
(c) A society woman.
(d) Annie Oakley.

10. Why does Jack take the clothes of a dead American soldier?
(a) To look for his white wife.
(b) To escape the Indians.
(c) To sneak into the military camp.
(d) To move close enough to the soldiers to kill them.

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

12. What does Wild Bill Hickok teach Jack?
(a) How to play poker.
(b) How to use a gun.
(c) How to rob banks.
(d) How to fight with a knife.

13. What Indians are preparing to battle against the Seventh Calvary?
(a) Cherokee and Crow.
(b) Sioux and Apache.
(c) Sioux and Cheyenne.
(d) Apache and Comanche.

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

15. Where does Jack hide Sunshine and their son as the cavalry approaches?
(a) Under a trash pile.
(b) Under buffalo skins in his tepee.
(c) In the river.
(d) In a ravine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What special permission does Sunshine give to Jack upon his return home from visiting his childhood friends in chapter 17?

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

4. Who does Old Lodge Skins want to see on the battlefield?

5. What does Amelia try to steal from Jack in chapter 21?

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