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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 claims there is gold in Colorado?
(a) Wyatt Earp.
(b) Kit Karson.
(c) Wild Bill Hickcok.
(d) Crazy Charlie.
2. Why does Jack believe the Cheyenne prefer larger women?
(a) Due to cold and starvation.
(b) Due to their ability to care for themselves.
(c) Due to their lack of sexual desire.
(d) Due to a physical attraction.
3. Who does Jack see selling liquor around the fort?
(a) His sister, Caroline.
(b) His niece, Amelia.
(c) His mother.
(d) His brother, Bill.
4. Where does Jack settle in chapter 14?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Denver.
(c) Santa Fe.
(d) St. Louis.
5. Why did the marriage not take place?
(a) The nurse/poet married someone else.
(b) The nurse/poet got cold feet.
(c) The nurse/poet was homosexual.
(d) The nurse/poet was killed.
Short Answer Questions
1. What character does Jack pretend to be to keep some Comanche Indians from killing him in chapter 12?
2. What item does Caroline use to protect herself and her mother from the Indians?
3. What is count coup?
4. Why does Jack engage in a fight with the Cheyenne at Plum Creek in chapter 15?
5. Who is the brave who fights the Snake people, or Comanche, in a story Old Lodge Skins tells Jack?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who comes to Jack's rescue during a fight with a mule skinner and helps him to recover from his illness?
2. What crime is Jack accused of shortly after returning to the White schools?
3. Who is killed during a fight with Jack? What has the dead man left behind?
4. What does Jack think of Mr. Pendrake's description of sin?
5. What happens to Jack's family during a stage coach ride to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas?
6. Why does Jack go to Colorado?
7. Who suggests that Jack take an Indian wife? Who is his intended wife?
8. How does Old Lodge Skins help his hunters kill an entire herd of antelope?
9. What causes the Indians to attack the people of the wagon train?
10. What happens to the business Jack builds in Denver?
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