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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. Why does a mule skinner attempt to whip Jack in Omaha?
(a) Jack insulted his wife.
(b) Jack is pretending to be a mule.
(c) Jack insulted him.
(d) Jack hit him first.

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

3. What does Old Lodge Skins think will eventually happen to all the whites?
(a) They will all die of a terrible disease.
(b) They will inhabit all the lands.
(c) The spirits will strike them down.
(d) They will kill each other.

4. What action does Old Lodge Skins decide to take against the Whites for their attack on the Sioux village?
(a) Ignore them.
(b) Run them off their land.
(c) Complain to the soldiers.
(d) Attack them.

5. How do Cheyenne boys learn to become men?
(a) By growing older.
(b) By learning great wisdom.
(c) By emulating men.
(d) By killing the white man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack promise the Pendrakes when he leaves?

2. Who does Jack believe Mrs. Pendrake will take as her next lover?

3. Why does Jack engage in a fight with the Cheyenne at Plum Creek in chapter 15?

4. What is Kane accused of doing?

5. Who acts as an heemaneh to Jack?

(see the answer key)

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