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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 does Amelia tell Jack before the wedding?
(a) She is not his niece.
(b) She was never a prostitute.
(c) She is not a white woman.
(d) She is his daughter.

2. Why did Custer cut off his hair?
(a) The military told him to.
(b) It got in his way.
(c) His mistress preferred it that way.
(d) His wife had a dream he was scalped.

3. What profession does Jack turn to after gambling and bunco scams?
(a) Mule skinning.
(b) Mercantile owner.
(c) Bank robbing.
(d) Buffalo hunting.

4. What does Jack and Sunshine name their new son?
(a) Little Pony.
(b) Little Man.
(c) Frong on the Pad.
(d) Morning Star.

5. How does Younger Bear's wife treat him?
(a) She often verbally abuses him.
(b) She is docile and quiet.
(c) She is reluctant to be touched.
(d) She is affectionate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jack's friend invite him after a meal in a restaurant in chapter 20?

2. How much money does Jack con out of the jeweler in his bunco scam?

3. Why does Jack take the clothes of a dead American soldier?

4. Where is Jack when he wakes?

5. What causes Jack's new friend to have fits of fright?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jack wound Wild Bill's pride during a gun fight?

2. Who does Jack believe the prostitute is that Wild Bill has purchased for him in a local brothel?

3. Why does Jack believe Custer is not struck down by bullets and arrows as he walks on the battlefield?

4. What does Jack learn about Amelia moments before she marries a state senator's son? How does he react?

5. What ritual does Jack witness Old Lodge Skins perform?

6. What does Old Lodge Skins say to the body of Custer?

7. What does the writer/editor say about his opinion of the truthfulness of Jack's story?

8. Why does Jack believe his killing of Custer after the attack at Washita would have altered history?

9. What is Jack's intention when he takes Amelia from the brothel?

10. Who is Caroline fighting in the streets when Jack arrives in Cheyenne, Wyoming?

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