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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18, The Big Medicine of Long Hair.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Jack believe Mrs. Pendrake will take as her next lover?
(a) The shopkeeper.
(b) The doctor.
(c) The shoemaker.
(d) The schoolteacher.

2. Where does Jack hide Sunshine and their son as the cavalry approaches?
(a) Under buffalo skins in his tepee.
(b) Under a trash pile.
(c) In the river.
(d) In a ravine.

3. Why does Jack take the clothes of a dead American soldier?
(a) To sneak into the military camp.
(b) To move close enough to the soldiers to kill them.
(c) To look for his white wife.
(d) To escape the Indians.

4. Who acts as an heemaneh to Jack?
(a) His sister, Caroline.
(b) A civilian shopkeeper.
(c) His brother, Bill.
(d) A military chaplain.

5. Why did the Whites attack a Sioux village in chapter 5?
(a) The Sioux attacked a wagon train.
(b) The Sioux killed a sick cow.
(c) The Sioux trespassed on their farms.
(d) The Sioux stole their horses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who possibly is the nurse/poet Caroline became engaged to during the Civil War?

2. Why does a mule skinner attempt to whip Jack in Omaha?

3. What happens to Jack's horse as he rides one morning in chapter 18?

4. What does Jack do after losing his family?

5. Who eventually adopts Jack?

(see the answer key)

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