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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. What does Jack do after losing his family?

4. What city does Jack go to after leaving the Pendrakes?

5. Who is Kane?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How do the Cheyenne teach their children?

6. Who does Jack stop from attacking Younger Bear?

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

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

9. Where does Jack go after leaving the Pendrakes?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Who are the Cheyenne Indians? How is there lifestyle in this novel different from that of the white man? How does Jack feel about the lifestyle he adopts with the Cheyenne? What is the Cheyenne's style of raising children? How does this differ from the style in which white men raise their children? How does this lifestyle impact Jack's growing personality? Which group of people does Jack appear to prefer in this novel?

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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