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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 Wild Bill Hickok teach Jack?

2. Where does Jack hide Sunshine and their son as the cavalry approaches?

3. Why has Younger Bear saved Jack?

4. What happened to Jack Crabb when he finished speaking into the recording machine?

5. Who does Jack run into, selling whiskey out of a barrel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who cares for Jack after he collapses in a snow bank?

7. What historic lawman does Jack meet while traveling with buffalo skinners? Whose life does this lawman save?

8. What tactics utilized by the Sioux is Jack surprised to see?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following literary elements of this novel in detail:

1) Tone

2) Structure

3) Point of View

4) Setting.

Essay Topic 3

What is unique about the narration of this novel? Why does the fictional writer/editor feel the need to make comment about the narration before and after it is presented? Whose voice does most of the story appear in? Why? What is significant about this narration? Is the narrator a reliable narrator? Is the story true? How can the story be verified? Has it been?

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