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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 is one of the Seventh Calvary's enemies to survival?

2. What profession does Jack turn to after gambling and bunco scams?

3. Who does Old Lodge Skins take with him on his journey?

4. Who does Caroline believe Wild Bill wants to marry?

5. Who does Jack vow to kill for the attack on the Cheyenne at Washita River?

Short Essay Questions

1. What job does Jack attempt to get with the Seventh Calvary?

2. Why does Jack believe his killing of Custer after the attack at Washita would have altered history?

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

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

5. What does the writer/editor say about his opinion of the truthfulness of Jack's story?

6. Who does Jack discover Younger Bear has taken for a wife?

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

8. Who is Caroline fighting in the streets when Jack arrives in Cheyenne, Wyoming?

9. Who cares for Jack after he collapses in a snow bank?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Caroline? How does Caroline help Jack escape the wagon train? Why does Caroline join the Indian band? Why does Caroline hide her gender? What does Caroline leave Jack with the Indians? What kind of jobs does Caroline try to get for herself? Why does she pick masculine oriented jobs? Who did Caroline become engaged to while working as a nurse in the Civil War? Why did this relationship end? When does Caroline go insane? Was this foreshadowed? How did Jack figure out what her state of mind was?

Essay Topic 2

What is the Seventh Calvary? What is the history of the Seventh Calvary? Who is the leader of the Seventh Calvary? When was the Seventh Calvary formed? What role did it play in the Civil War? What role did it play after the Civil War? For what purpose? What is the Seventh Calvary's role in the Battle of Little Bighorn? What is the outcome?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following historical figures, comparing the history of their lives and the stories told about them in this novel:

1) George Armstrong Custer

2) Wild Bill Hickok

3) Walt Whitman

4) Wyatt Earp.

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