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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 7 May and 8 May, 1875.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Two days after May meets Captain Bourke, where does he invite her to do?
(a) Take a stroll.
(b) Take a look at the horses.
(c) Have an after dinner drink.
(d) Look around the fort.

2. What kind of person is Narcissa White?
(a) A quiet, little woman.
(b) A shrew who hates everyone.
(c) A Christian missionary with a shrill voice.
(d) A selfish spinster.

3. After the Indians inspect the woman, what is May certain of?
(a) She has been chosen by the apparent chief of the tribe.
(b) The Indians will not return because they are not happy.
(c) The Indians will go off and fight over the women.
(d) She has made a terrible decision to come to this place.

4. What does May say about her children in her letter to Harry?
(a) She is glad that she is no longer responsible for the children.
(b) She realizes it was for the best.
(c) She no longer misses her children.
(d) She misses her children.

5. Why is May sent to the asylum?
(a) Her family wants her to marry a socially prominent man they have selected for her, but she refuses.
(b) She has had a number of lovers and refuses to take responsibility for her children.
(c) Her family considers her behavior promiscuous.
(d) Her family wants her to marry Harry Ames to legitimize their grandchildren.

Short Answer Questions

1. What amusing incident occurs while the women are being chosen by their Indian husbands-to-be?

2. What do May and John Bourke do at the end of their conversation the day before the women are to be left with the Cheyenne?

3. During the dinner conversation, Lydia Bradley tries to turn the conversation to what subject?

4. Who is Jimmy?

5. How does May describe the cowboys she sees?

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