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

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

3. Where does Jack settle in chapter 14?
(a) Santa Fe.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Denver.

4. How has Old Lodge Skins lost his sight?
(a) A fight with Younger Bear.
(b) A hunting injury.
(c) Sand Creek Massacre.
(d) Old age.

5. Who does Jack see selling liquor around the fort?
(a) His niece, Amelia.
(b) His mother.
(c) His sister, Caroline.
(d) His brother, Bill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does Caroline use to protect herself and her mother from the Indians?

2. Why does a mule skinner attempt to whip Jack in Omaha?

3. What does Jack say the Cheyenne women do to the corpses of their enemies?

4. Who acts as an heemaneh to Jack?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jack think of Mr. Pendrake's description of sin?

2. Where does Jack go after leaving the Pendrakes?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What happens to the business Jack builds in Denver?

9. Why does Jack go to Colorado?

10. What happens to Jack's family during a stage coach ride to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas?

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