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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 5 October, 8 October, 10 October and 14 October 1875.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the President's Indian Peace Plan?
(a) It will send Indian representatives to live among white people.
(b) It involves sending the Cheyenne children to church-affiliated boarding schools.
(c) It will teach Indians to live like white people.
(d) It involves coming to a peaceful agreement with the Indian leaders.

2. What does May observe about the roles of men and women in the tribe?
(a) Women are worshipped because of their ability to have children.
(b) Women will never reach the status of equality found in the white man's world.
(c) Women are seen as the spiritual leaders of the tribe.
(d) Women's views are treated with respect.

3. How does May react to the seer's predictions about the tribes future?
(a) She pays no attention.
(b) She, too, sees a future of plenty.
(c) She refuses to accept the prediction of a bad future.
(d) She, too, looks forward to a peaceful future.

4. What does May find repugnant about the religious practices of the Cheyenne?
(a) Human sacrifices.
(b) Self mutiliation.
(c) Condemnation of Christianity.
(d) The use of drugs.

5. What does May observe about the women who came to the tribe with her?
(a) They are counting the days until they can leave.
(b) They look very much like natives.
(c) They are unhappy with the tribe and let them know it.
(d) They have maintained vestiges of their previous lives.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Reverend Hare's performance on the night of the wild party affect the way the Indians feel about him?

2. Who is Woman Who Moves Against the Wind?

3. What are some of the Cheyenne joining the Sioux to do?

4. How does May describe her first few days with the tribe?

5. How does May describe Reverend Hare?

(see the answer key)

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