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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 ceremony does Old Lodge Skins perform?

2. Who does Jack discover Younger Bear is married to?

3. Who does Jack refuse to cheat at cards after the first time in chapter 21?

4. Why can the fictional writer/editor not verify the validity of Jack's story?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is significant about the name given to Jack's son with Sunshine?

5. What does Jack learn are the Seventh Calvary's two biggest enemies?

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

7. What is the rumor about why George Custer has cut off his long hair?

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

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

10. What does Old Lodge Skins say to the body of Custer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the following literary elements of this novel in detail:

1) Tone

2) Structure

3) Point of View

4) Setting.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the war against the Indians. Why does the American government begin fighting the Indians? What precipitated the war on the Indians? In what way did the government try to make peace with the Indians? Was this successful? How much blame for the war against the Indians lies with the Indians? With the Whites? Should the Indians have been forced out of their lands? For what reason were they forced off their lands? What was the intended outcome on the part of the American government? What was the actual result?

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