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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. Why does Jack put Amelia in a hotel?
(a) To use her for his own purposes.
(b) To give her a place to stay.
(c) To clean her up and turn her into a lady.
(d) To give her to his friend.

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

3. What does Old Lodge Skins do after the ceremony?
(a) He returns to the tribe.
(b) He dies.
(c) He smokes a peace pipe.
(d) He throws a party.

4. Where is Jack when he wakes?
(a) A prisoner tepee.
(b) A military hospital.
(c) Old Lodge Skins' tepee.
(d) A hotel room.

5. Why is Custer in a hurry to engage the Sioux?
(a) To engage before another force arrives and engages them.
(b) To engage before a rival arrives.
(c) To keep the Sioux from disappearing.
(d) To keep travelers in the area safe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is one of the Seventh Calvary's enemies to survival?

3. Why does Jack need lots of money?

4. What music does Jack hear as his horse rears on a morning ride in chapter 18?

5. What historical figure has an Indian name similar to Jack's son?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who attacks the Cheyenne village where Jack is living at Washita?

3. What tactics utilized by the Sioux is Jack surprised to see?

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

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

6. What is significant about the name given to Jack's son with Sunshine?

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

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

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

10. Who does Jack discover Younger Bear has taken for a wife?

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