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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 take the clothes of a dead American soldier?

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

3. Who does Jack rediscover while out with his new friend in chapter 20?

4. Who is Amelia to marry?

5. Why does Jack run a bunco scam on a jeweler?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Caroline fighting in the streets when Jack arrives in Cheyenne, Wyoming?

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

3. What scam does Jack pull in order to afford to put Amelia into a good school?

4. How does Jack go about making money to support Amelia?

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

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

7. Who does Jack discover Younger Bear has taken for a wife?

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

9. What does Jack learn about Amelia moments before she marries a state senator's son? How does he react?

10. What ritual does Jack witness Old Lodge Skins perform?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Who is Old Lodge Skins? How did Jack come to live with Old Lodge Skins and his band of Cheyenne Indians? Why did Old Lodge Skins accept and adopt a white child as his own? Why did Old Lodge Skins refuse to be a warrior chief? Did everyone agree with Old Lodge Skins' decisions and actions? What impact did Old Lodge Skins' teachings and advice have on Jack during and after his childhood? Why did Old Lodge Skins choose Jack to accompany him in his death ritual?

Essay Topic 3

What is the purpose of this novel? Why does the fictional author/editor want to tell Jack's story? Does the fictional author/editor believe Jack's story? What would the historical impact be if Jack's story were true? How many white children might possibly have been raised by Indians in this time period? Are Jack's claims realistic?

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