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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. Where are Jack and his family heading on the stage coach when it is attacked by Indians in chapter 14?

2. What part of an antelope does one of the braves force Jack to eat?

3. Who acts as an heemaneh to Jack?

4. What do the hunters do with the antelope herd?

5. Why does a Crow warrior attack Younger Bear and Jack?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Old Lodge Skins help his hunters kill an entire herd of antelope?

5. Why does Lavender believe he is related to the Cheyenne Indians?

6. Why did Kane, the shopkeeper, have to leave town?

7. What happens to the business Jack builds in Denver?

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

9. Where does Jack go after leaving the Pendrakes?

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

Who is Jack Crabbs? Why does the writer want to write a story about him? What is significant about Jack Crabbs' life? How old is Jack Crabbs? Is it possible for a person to live that long? Does Jack Crabbs age bring question to his claims? What took place in the seventy years between the end of Jack's story and his life? Why is this missing time significant? How does this missing time suggest something missing to Jack's story? Is Jack's story true?

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 Old Lodge Skins? How did Jack come to live with Old Lodge Skins and his band of Cheyenne Indians? Why did Old Lodge Skins accept and adopt a white child as his own? Why did Old Lodge Skins refuse to be a warrior chief? Did everyone agree with Old Lodge Skins' decisions and actions? What impact did Old Lodge Skins' teachings and advice have on Jack during and after his childhood? Why did Old Lodge Skins choose Jack to accompany him in his death ritual?

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