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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 Amelia tell Jack before the wedding?

2. Who does Jack meet while working at his new profession?

3. When Custer finally makes Jack a scout, who does he order that he report to?

4. What is in the whiskey barrel that causes trouble in chapter 23?

5. What does Jack and Sunshine name their new son?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Jack believe the prostitute is that Wild Bill has purchased for him in a local brothel?

2. Where does Jack wake up? Who has saved his life? Why?

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

4. How does Jack finally become a scout? Who is he to report to?

5. What job does Jack attempt to get with the Seventh Calvary?

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

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

8. What does Jack learn when he attempts to convince the leader of the scouts to tell Custer about the size of the Indian group they are following?

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

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

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

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 3

Discuss one of the following themes in detail:

1) Family

2) Warring Cultures

3) Manifest Destiny

4) Lies and betrayal.

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