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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. Why does Jack think Custer is crazy?

2. Who stops the fight that nearly leads to the whiskey sellers death?

3. How many Sioux does Jack believe the Seventh Calvary are following?

4. Where does Jack's friend invite him after a meal in a restaurant in chapter 20?

5. Who is Amelia to marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the writer/editor say about his opinion of the truthfulness of Jack's story?

2. Why does Jack believe Custer is not struck down by bullets and arrows as he walks on the battlefield?

3. Why does Jack believe his killing of Custer after the attack at Washita would have altered history?

4. Why does Jack steal a soldier's uniform from a dead soldier?

5. Why does Jack come to believe Caroline has gone insane?

6. What happened to Jack after telling his story to the writer/editor?

7. Who attacks the Cheyenne village where Jack is living at Washita?

8. What is Jack's intention when he takes Amelia from the brothel?

9. Who is Wild Bill Hickok? Why is he afraid of being shot?

10. Where does Jack go after the Battle of Little Big Horn?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the one of the following settings in detail:

1) Little Big Horn

2) Denver, Colorado

3) Cheyenne villages

4) Platte River valley.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following bands of Indians, including information related to the time period in which this novel is set:

1) Cheyenne

2) Crow

3) Sioux.

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