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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 item does Younger Bear give Jack when he is healed?
(a) A new bow and arrow.
(b) The arrow that killed the Crow warrior.
(c) A carving of the Crow warrior.
(d) The scalp of the Crow warrior.

2. How is the Crow warrior killed?
(a) A Cheyenne warrior stabs him with a knife.
(b) A stray arrow from the battle strikes him in the head.
(c) Younger Bear scalps him.
(d) Jack shoots three arrows into his back.

3. Why are the Cheyenne reluctant to fight the whites?
(a) They have no expectation of success.
(b) They do not have enough warriors.
(c) They know the whites are far more superior.
(d) They have no guns.

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

5. What language does Pa believe the Native Americans speak?
(a) Latin.
(b) Hebrew.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Italian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What new name does Old Lodge Skins give Jack after the Crow raid?

2. What does Old Lodge Skins have a dream about?

3. Why was Old Lodge Skins band forced out of the larger Cheyenne band twice?

4. What city does Jack go to after leaving the Pendrakes?

5. Who claims there is gold in Colorado?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Younger Bear give Jack a Crow warrior's scalp? How does Jack respond?

2. Why does Lavender believe he is related to the Cheyenne Indians?

3. How does Old Lodge Skins help his hunters kill an entire herd of antelope?

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

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

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

7. Where does Jack go after leaving the Pendrakes?

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

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

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

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