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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 gift does Jack give to Old Lodge Skins?

2. Who stops Jack and Caroline from crossing the river after leaving the carnage of the wagon train?

3. Who acts as an heemaneh to Jack?

4. How does Jack offend one of the Cheyenne children with whom he plays in chapter 3?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who adopts Jack shortly after his return to White society?

2. What does Jack see when he follows Mrs. Pendrake to the back of the store?

3. Why does Old Lodge Skins tell Jack he does not have to participate in a fight with white soldiers?

4. What type of punishment do Cheyenne use to teach their children?

5. Why is Old Lodge Skins' band of Cheyenne separated from the entire Cheyenne tribe?

6. Why does Younger Bear give Jack a Crow warrior's scalp? How does Jack respond?

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

8. What happens to Jack after the disappearance of his family?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following literary elements of this novel in detail:

1) Tone

2) Structure

3) Point of View

4) Setting.

Essay Topic 2

Who is George Armstrong Custer? What is significant to the reader when Custer is first introduced to the plot? Was Custer a real person? How does the author's depiction of Custer fit with what the reader may already know about him? Why does Jack want to kill Custer? What does Jack blame Custer for? Why is Custer hunting the Indians? What will the eventual outcome of this hunt be? How does the reader know this? How does this foreshadow danger and add tension to the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Younger Bear? Why does Younger Bear dislike Jack? Why do they become enemies when they are still young boys? Why does Younger Bear bring Jack the scalp of a Crow Indian he killed? Why does Jack insist that Younger Bear whose him a life? How does Younger Bear pay Jack back that one life? What is significant about this moment between the two men? Why does Younger Bear rejoice that Jack has survived his injuries? What will happen next between these two men?

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