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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. What Indian artifact do the Seventh Calvary come across on the trail to Little Big Horn in chapter 27?

2. Where does Jack have to take Caroline at the end of chapter 24?

3. Who does Jack believe his sister Caroline has most likely married?

4. What symbols are interpreted by Jack for Custer?

5. What happens to Jack in the final moments of the battle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What scam does Jack pull in order to afford to put Amelia into a good school?

2. How does Jack go about making money to support Amelia?

3. Why does Jack come to believe Caroline has gone insane?

4. Why does Custer rush the attack on the Sioux Indians?

5. Why does Jack steal a soldier's uniform from a dead soldier?

6. What tactics utilized by the Sioux is Jack surprised to see?

7. How does Jack finally become a scout? Who is he to report to?

8. What is Jack's intention when he takes Amelia from the brothel?

9. Why does Jack believe Custer is not struck down by bullets and arrows as he walks on the battlefield?

10. How does Jack wound Wild Bill's pride during a gun fight?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who are the Cheyenne Indians? How is there lifestyle in this novel different from that of the white man? How does Jack feel about the lifestyle he adopts with the Cheyenne? What is the Cheyenne's style of raising children? How does this differ from the style in which white men raise their children? How does this lifestyle impact Jack's growing personality? Which group of people does Jack appear to prefer in this novel?

Essay Topic 2

Who attacks the stage coach Jack and his family take to Fort Leavenworth? Why? What happens to Jack? What happens to Jack's family? Why does Jack not attempt to find and rescue his family? Where does Jack eventually find his family? Why does Jack not attempt to claim them again when he finds them? What eventually happens to Jack's wife and son?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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