Calamity Jane--Old West Legend

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1. In what state was Calamity Jane born? Kansas Montana Missouri South Dakota

2. Calamity Jane was known as an expert scout. Where was her first scouting job? Fort Russell Fort Piedmont Fort Bridger Fort Chance

3. There were several stories about how Martha Jane Cannary acquired the nickname "Calamity." Which of the following was NOT one of those stories? She traveled 90 miles on foot to deliver special orders. She saved her commander after an indian attack. She survived both a barn fire and smallpox. She warned men that offending her was "calamity."

4. Jane's legendary relationship with frontiersman Wild Bill Hickok reportedly produced a child. What was the child's name? Jane Anne Edith Carol

5. After settling in Deadwood, South Dakota in 1876, Jane did perform some important acts for the gold rush town and its people. Which of the following were one of those acts? Captured and killed Wild Bill Hickok's assassin. Opened the first school in town. Convinced the army to leave a garrison in town. Saved a stagecoach that had been attacked by Indians.

6. In 1893 Jane began working for the Wild West show run by what other fixture of the Old West? Wild Bill Hickok Doc Holliday Judge Roy Bean Buffalo Bill

7. Later in life, Jane fell into bouts of depression and alcoholism until in 1903 she returned to Deadwood and took up a job doing what? Becoming the caretaker of a town cemetery. Working as an apprentice at the blacksmith's. Cooking and doing the laundry at a brothel. Playingthe piano at the saloon and in church.

8. In 1903 Calamity Jane died from what ailment? Smallpox Bronchitis Blood poisoning Pneumonia

9. Much of what is said about Calamity Jane's life was hearsay and often the stuff of dime novels which were popular at the time. One such series was "Deadwood Dick" written by whom? Edward Wheeler Voyle Glover Zane Gray Donald Wauntz

10. The character of Calamity Jane enjoyed a resurgence in popularity following cable network HBO's 2004 miniseries "Deadwood." What actress played Jane? Molly Parker Robin Weigert Paula Malcomson Kim Dickens