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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. Who does Old Lodge Skins tell Jack he ought to marry?
(a) Sunshine.
(b) A heemanhe.
(c) A Comanche captive.
(d) Old Lodge Skins' young daughter.

2. How do Cheyenne teach their children?
(a) Through organized classes.
(b) Through example.
(c) Through storytelling.
(d) Through language.

3. What is a Contrary?
(a) A husband who refuses to live with his wife.
(b) A warrior who does everything backwards.
(c) A child who refuses to behave.
(d) A wife who refuses to have children.

4. What gift does Jack give to Old Lodge Skins?
(a) Top hat.
(b) Derby.
(c) Sombrero.
(d) Cowboy hat.

5. Who claims there is gold in Colorado?
(a) Crazy Charlie.
(b) Wyatt Earp.
(c) Kit Karson.
(d) Wild Bill Hickcok.

Short Answer Questions

1. What else does Mr. Pendrake warn Jack about in their discussion about sin?

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

3. Who stops Jack and Caroline from crossing the river after leaving the carnage of the wagon train?

4. Why are the Cheyenne reluctant to fight the whites?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jack see when he follows Mrs. Pendrake to the back of the store?

2. Why is Old Lodge Skins' band of Cheyenne separated from the entire Cheyenne tribe?

3. How does Jack come to arrive at Old Lodge Skins' tepee again?

4. Who is killed during a fight with Jack? What has the dead man left behind?

5. Who adopts Jack shortly after his return to White society?

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

7. Why does Jack decide to leave the Pendrake family?

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

9. Why does Old Lodge Skins tell Jack he does not have to participate in a fight with white soldiers?

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

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