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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 does Jack allow Muldoon to believe about him in chapter 8?

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

3. How does Jack do when he is returned to white schools?

4. What job does Jack take soon after arriving in this new city?

5. What job do the Comanches give Jack after taking him captive in chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is killed during a fight with Jack? What has the dead man left behind?

3. What happens to Jack's family during a stage coach ride to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What causes the Indians to attack the people of the wagon train?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

This novel depicts Indians slaughtering men and raping women because of a cultural misunderstanding. Discuss the differences in the culture between the Whites and the Indians. Why did the drunk white men slapping the Indians on the back set off a massacre? Why did Jack's show of concern for a young Indian brave cause them to become lifetime enemies? How did living with the Cheyenne during childhood affect Jack's personality and actions as an adult?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following historical figures, comparing the history of their lives and the stories told about them in this novel:

1) George Armstrong Custer

2) Wild Bill Hickok

3) Walt Whitman

4) Wyatt Earp.

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