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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jack leave the Pendrakes?

2. What do the hunters do with the antelope herd?

3. What character does Jack pretend to be to keep some Comanche Indians from killing him in chapter 12?

4. Where does Jack settle in chapter 14?

5. What item does Caroline use to protect herself and her mother from the Indians?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does Jack go after leaving the Pendrakes?

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

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

5. Why does Old Lodge Skins tell Jack he does not have to participate in a fight with white soldiers?

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

7. What happens to Jack after the disappearance of his family?

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

9. Who suggests that Jack take an Indian wife? Who is his intended wife?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following historical events as they appear in this novel and the reality of each event:

1) Sand River Massacre

2) Battle at Washita

3) Battle of Little Big Horn.

Essay Topic 2

Who is Younger Bear? Why does Younger Bear dislike Jack? Why do they become enemies when they are still young boys? Why does Younger Bear bring Jack the scalp of a Crow Indian he killed? Why does Jack insist that Younger Bear whose him a life? How does Younger Bear pay Jack back that one life? What is significant about this moment between the two men? Why does Younger Bear rejoice that Jack has survived his injuries? What will happen next between these two men?

Essay Topic 3

Who is George Armstrong Custer? What is significant to the reader when Custer is first introduced to the plot? Was Custer a real person? How does the author's depiction of Custer fit with what the reader may already know about him? Why does Jack want to kill Custer? What does Jack blame Custer for? Why is Custer hunting the Indians? What will the eventual outcome of this hunt be? How does the reader know this? How does this foreshadow danger and add tension to the plot?

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