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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 8 August, 9 August and 11 August 1875.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the band of Crow Indians that kidnapped the women?
(a) They are abandoned in the middle of nowhere.
(b) The are taken back to their tribe with marks of humiliation.
(c) They are beaten and forced to leave the area.
(d) They are killed in retaliation for the harm they caused.

2. What does May do when she is told about the Black Hills gold?
(a) She tells the women so they can mine the gold for protection in the future.
(b) She keeps the information to herself for the time being.
(c) She tells the Cheyenne so they can start mining the gold.
(d) She tells the women so they can return to the fort.

3. What is the one diversion the women are able to enjoy at Fort Laramie?
(a) The communal meals held in the officers' dining hall.
(b) The long walks in the common area.
(c) The reading library near the officers' quarters.
(d) The sewing circle that the officers' wives had.

4. What does May tell Harry in a letter?
(a) She is glad to be rid of him because she knows he cheated on her.
(b) She will never know if he cooperated with her father or loves her.
(c) She knows he is probably dead.
(d) She knows he sold her out to her father for money and a job.

5. 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?
(a) Make love.
(b) They realize they do not really like each other.
(c) Decide to run away together.
(d) Vow to remain chaste and love from afar.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the wild events at the council meeting, how does May feel about the position of the women in the tribe?

2. What is Captain Bourke's comment about May Dodd's suggestion that the woman might be able to bring an appreciation for white civilization to the savages?

3. How does May describe Captain Bourke?

4. During her "honeymoon," what does May learn to do?

5. What does Helen Flight tell Lydia Bradley about the feathers in her new hat?

(see the answer key)

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