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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who claims there is gold in Colorado?
(a) Kit Karson.
(b) Wild Bill Hickcok.
(c) Crazy Charlie.
(d) Wyatt Earp.

2. Why does Caroline decide to leave the Cheyenne village?
(a) The Cheyenne are unwelcoming.
(b) The Cheyenne cannot be trusted.
(c) She wants to live among white civilization.
(d) She wants to find her mother.

3. Why does Jack engage in a fight with the Cheyenne at Plum Creek in chapter 15?
(a) In revenge for Old Lodge Skins abandoning him.
(b) In hopes of finding his wife and child.
(c) In revenge for the death of his wife and child.
(d) In hopes of meeting some of his childhood friends.

4. What item does Caroline use to protect herself and her mother from the Indians?
(a) Gun.
(b) Rifle.
(c) Bullwhip.
(d) Knife.

5. How does Jack convince Burns Red in the Sun of his true identity?
(a) Tells him his nickname.
(b) Shows him a birthmark.
(c) Tells him of a gift horse he gave him at Powder River.
(d) Shows him a scar.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Old Lodge Skins lost his sight?

2. Why does Jack get into a fight with one of the school children?

3. What information does the soldier, Muldoon, try to get from Jack when he returns him to white civilization?

4. Who does Old Lodge Skins tell Jack he ought to marry?

5. Why was Old Lodge Skins band forced out of the larger Cheyenne band twice?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Kane, the shopkeeper, have to leave town?

2. What activity does Jack participate in to help him become a man?

3. Why does Jack decide to leave the Pendrake family?

4. How does Old Lodge Skins help his hunters kill an entire herd of antelope?

5. Who adopts Jack shortly after his return to White society?

6. What type of punishment do Cheyenne use to teach their children?

7. Who comes to Jack's rescue during a fight with a mule skinner and helps him to recover from his illness?

8. What does Jack see when he follows Mrs. Pendrake to the back of the store?

9. What treaty does Jack talk Old Lodge Skins out of signing?

10. What happens to the business Jack builds in Denver?

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