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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. Why did the marriage not take place?
(a) The nurse/poet was homosexual.
(b) The nurse/poet got cold feet.
(c) The nurse/poet was killed.
(d) The nurse/poet married someone else.

2. How does the fight end?
(a) The Indians retreat.
(b) The old friend recognizes Jack.
(c) Jack convinces his old friend of his identity.
(d) A Pawnee scout kills Jack's Indian friend.

3. Why did the Whites attack a Sioux village in chapter 5?
(a) The Sioux killed a sick cow.
(b) The Sioux attacked a wagon train.
(c) The Sioux trespassed on their farms.
(d) The Sioux stole their horses.

4. What action does Old Lodge Skins decide to take against the Whites for their attack on the Sioux village?
(a) Run them off their land.
(b) Complain to the soldiers.
(c) Ignore them.
(d) Attack them.

5. Where are Jack and his family heading on the stage coach when it is attacked by Indians in chapter 14?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Santa Fe.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Ft. Leavenworth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Jack's son?

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

3. What does Jack tell Younger Bear that he owes Jack?

4. What does Jack allow Muldoon to believe about him in chapter 8?

5. How does Jack feel about Mrs. Pendrake?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What activity does Jack participate in to help him become a man?

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

4. Where does Jack go after leaving the Pendrakes?

5. What crime is Jack accused of shortly after returning to the White schools?

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

7. Why does Jack go to Colorado?

8. What treaty does Jack talk Old Lodge Skins out of signing?

9. Who does Jack stop from attacking Younger Bear?

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

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