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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Jack meet while working at his new profession?
(a) Calamity Jane.
(b) Kit Karson.
(c) Wyatt Earp.
(d) Wild Bill Hickok.

2. Why does Jack think Custer is crazy?
(a) Because he refuses to retreat.
(b) Because he walks the battlefield without getting hit by bullets or arrows.
(c) Because he charges alone.
(d) Because he attempts to fight hand to hand combat.

3. What is in the whiskey barrel that causes trouble in chapter 23?
(a) Rattlesnake heads.
(b) Fish heads.
(c) Snake eggs.
(d) Fish entrails.

4. What is the reason for the fight?
(a) A stolen possession.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Caroline was impersonating Calamity Jane.
(d) Caroline was flirting with Wild Bill, Calamity Jane's beau.

5. Why is Wild Bill humiliated in his fight with Jack?
(a) Jack runs away.
(b) Jack refuses to kill him.
(c) Jack refuses to fight.
(d) Jack shoots him.

6. What ceremony does Old Lodge Skins perform?
(a) A wedding ceremony.
(b) A funeral ceremony.
(c) His death ceremony.
(d) A manhood ceremony.

7. Who helps Jack when he collapses while traveling east along the Cimmaron?
(a) A Cheyenne familiy.
(b) A Cherokee family.
(c) A Crow family.
(d) A Creek family.

8. Where does Jack travel to to join the Seventh Calvary?
(a) Powder River.
(b) Platt River.
(c) Missouri River.
(d) Washita River.

9. Who does Jack come upon fighting in the streets when he arrives in Cheyenne, Wyoming?
(a) Younger Bear.
(b) Gustav.
(c) Caroline.
(d) Olga.

10. What is frighteningly accurate about Jack's story?
(a) The location of Custer's last stand.
(b) The details of the Battle of Little Big Horn.
(c) The time and place.
(d) The names of the historic figures Jack met.

11. What does Old Lodge Skins' companion build after the ceremony is complete?
(a) A new tepee.
(b) Old Lodge Skins' new peace pipe.
(c) A new family.
(d) Old Lodge Skins' death scaffold.

12. How much money does Jack con out of the jeweler in his bunco scam?
(a) $2,000.
(b) $100,000.
(c) $200,000.
(d) $1,000.

13. How is Custer finally killed?
(a) A bullet in the head.
(b) A fall from his horse.
(c) A bullet in the heart.
(d) An arrow in the belly.

14. Who is Ralph Fielding Snell?
(a) Jack's son.
(b) Jack's nephew.
(c) The ficitonal writer/editor.
(d) The real writer.

15. What does Jack believe happened to Sunshine and their son?
(a) They escaped with another Cheyenne band.
(b) They were murdered.
(c) They were taken captive.
(d) They slipped past the soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jack need lots of money?

2. What does Amelia try to steal from Jack in chapter 21?

3. What happened to Jack Crabb when he finished speaking into the recording machine?

4. What does Old Lodge Skins do after the ceremony?

5. How old was Jack Crabb when he spoke into the recording machine?

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