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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 stops Jack and Caroline from crossing the river after leaving the carnage of the wagon train?
(a) Morning Star.
(b) Younger Bear.
(c) Shadow that Comes into Sight.
(d) Old Lodge Skins.

2. What does tatoimana mean?
(a) Banned Folks.
(b) Shy Folks.
(c) Brave Folks.
(d) Ugly Folks.

3. What happens to Jack when his business partners disappear?
(a) Financial ruin.
(b) Great riches.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Legal troubles.

4. How has Old Lodge Skins lost his sight?
(a) A fight with Younger Bear.
(b) A hunting injury.
(c) Old age.
(d) Sand Creek Massacre.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the marriage not take place?

2. What action does Old Lodge Skins decide to take against the Whites for their attack on the Sioux village?

3. How does Jack convince Burns Red in the Sun of his true identity?

4. What does Jack say the Cheyenne women do to the corpses of their enemies?

5. What new name does Old Lodge Skins give Jack after the Crow raid?

Short Essay Questions

1. What crime is Jack accused of shortly after returning to the White schools?

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

3. Why does Lavender believe he is related to the Cheyenne Indians?

4. What causes the Indians to attack the people of the wagon train?

5. What happens to Jack's family during a stage coach ride to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas?

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

7. Why does Younger Bear give Jack a Crow warrior's scalp? How does Jack respond?

8. What causes Younger Bear to become enraged by Jack and to exclude Jack from the boys' play?

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

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

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