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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What weapon is Jack accused of pulling on a school boy during a fight?
(a) Saber.
(b) Gun.
(c) Knife.
(d) Arrow.

2. Why does the Crow warrior stop in the middle of taking Jack's scalp?
(a) He is attacked by Younger Bear.
(b) He sees Jack is white.
(c) He has pity on his age.
(d) He finds it funny to leave the boy only half scalped.

3. Who does Jack believe Mrs. Pendrake will take as her next lover?
(a) The shoemaker.
(b) The schoolteacher.
(c) The shopkeeper.
(d) The doctor.

4. What happens to Jack when his business partners disappear?
(a) Great riches.
(b) Financial ruin.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Legal troubles.

5. What part of an antelope does one of the braves force Jack to eat?
(a) Intestine.
(b) Liver.
(c) Lung.
(d) Heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jack do when he is returned to white schools?

2. How do Cheyenne teach their children?

3. Why did the Whites attack a Sioux village in chapter 5?

4. What profession does Pa take on later in life that drives him a little crazy?

5. What information does the soldier, Muldoon, try to get from Jack when he returns him to white civilization?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is important about the coffee the wagon train carries?

2. Who suggests that Jack take an Indian wife? Who is his intended wife?

3. How do the Cheyenne teach their children?

4. Who comes to Jack's rescue during a fight with a mule skinner and helps him to recover from his illness?

5. What shocks Jack about being back among the White culture?

6. Who does Jack stop from attacking Younger Bear?

7. What happens to Jack after the disappearance of his family?

8. Why does Jack go to Colorado?

9. What causes Younger Bear to become enraged by Jack and to exclude Jack from the boys' play?

10. What causes the Indians to attack the people of the wagon train?

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