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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 need lots of money?

2. Who is this person fighting with?

3. What special permission does Sunshine give to Jack upon his return home from visiting his childhood friends in chapter 17?

4. What is the reason for the fight?

5. What does Old Lodge Skins' companion build after the ceremony is complete?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Custer rush the attack on the Sioux Indians?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

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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