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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What new name does Old Lodge Skins give Jack after the Crow raid?

2. What is a name the offended child gives to Jack out of anger for his actions?

3. What expedition does Lavender claim one of his relatives traveled with?

4. What does Old Lodge Skins tell Jack he plans to do at Bent's Fort?

5. What trail does the wagon train that the Crabb family joins take?

Short Essay Questions

1. What activity does Jack participate in to help him become a man?

2. Who suggests that Jack take an Indian wife? Who is his intended wife?

3. What is the significance of butchering and cooking the dog by the Cheyenne woman?

4. Who comes to Jack's rescue during a fight with a mule skinner and helps him to recover from his illness?

5. What crime is Jack accused of shortly after returning to the White schools?

6. What shocks Jack about being back among the White culture?

7. Why does Jack go to Colorado?

8. Where does Jack go after leaving the Pendrakes?

9. Why does Jack decide to leave the Pendrake family?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the purpose of this novel? Why does the fictional author/editor want to tell Jack's story? Does the fictional author/editor believe Jack's story? What would the historical impact be if Jack's story were true? How many white children might possibly have been raised by Indians in this time period? Are Jack's claims realistic?

Essay Topic 2

Who attacks the stage coach Jack and his family take to Fort Leavenworth? Why? What happens to Jack? What happens to Jack's family? Why does Jack not attempt to find and rescue his family? Where does Jack eventually find his family? Why does Jack not attempt to claim them again when he finds them? What eventually happens to Jack's wife and son?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Caroline? How does Caroline help Jack escape the wagon train? Why does Caroline join the Indian band? Why does Caroline hide her gender? What does Caroline leave Jack with the Indians? What kind of jobs does Caroline try to get for herself? Why does she pick masculine oriented jobs? Who did Caroline become engaged to while working as a nurse in the Civil War? Why did this relationship end? When does Caroline go insane? Was this foreshadowed? How did Jack figure out what her state of mind was?

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