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

2. Why does Jack think Custer is crazy?
(a) Because he attempts to fight hand to hand combat.
(b) Because he walks the battlefield without getting hit by bullets or arrows.
(c) Because he charges alone.
(d) Because he refuses to retreat.

3. Who does Old Lodge Skins take with him on his journey?
(a) Little Horse.
(b) Younger Bear.
(c) Burns Red in Sun.
(d) Jack.

4. What does Old Lodge Skins' companion build after the ceremony is complete?
(a) A new family.
(b) Old Lodge Skins' death scaffold.
(c) A new tepee.
(d) Old Lodge Skins' new peace pipe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Amelia try to steal from Jack in chapter 21?

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

3. What does Amelia tell Jack before the wedding?

4. Why is Younger Bear happy Jack has survived?

5. Where does Jack hide Sunshine and their son as the cavalry approaches?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does Jack go after the Battle of Little Big Horn?

3. How does Jack finally become a scout? Who is he to report to?

4. What job does Jack attempt to get with the Seventh Calvary?

5. What historic lawman does Jack meet while traveling with buffalo skinners? Whose life does this lawman save?

6. Who cares for Jack after he collapses in a snow bank?

7. How does Jack go about making money to support Amelia?

8. Why does Jack come to believe Caroline has gone insane?

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

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

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