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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. Who does Jack find Mrs. Pandrake making love with?

2. What character does Jack pretend to be to keep some Comanche Indians from killing him in chapter 12?

3. How do Cheyenne teach their children?

4. What does Old Lodge Skins do when a herd of antelope approach the prairie where he has been meditating?

5. How has Old Lodge Skins lost his sight?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Jack go to Colorado?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What treaty does Jack talk Old Lodge Skins out of signing?

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

What is the Battle of Little Big Horn? Who fought that battle? For what reason? What mistakes were made in that battle? What was the result? How does this battle overshadow much of the plot? What is the significance of Jack claiming to be the only white man to survive the battle? How does this battle change the war with the Indians? How does it increase fear in whites in regards to the Indians? How does this fear compare to the racial tensions of the 1960s?

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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