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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. According to tribal custom, because Marie Blanche's husband is dead and she is pregnant, what happens to her?
(a) She is married to the Chief.
(b) She is banished from the tribe.
(c) She is sent back to the fort.
(d) One Bear, Runs From Crow's younger brother, offers to marry her.

2. What is Captain Bourke disturbed to learn about what the women don't know?
(a) That they would not be able to return to the fort for their safety.
(b) They were not given information about the life they would face.
(c) They had no way of ending their agreement.
(d) That they could be abandoned if they were not selected.

3. Who is Jules Seminole?
(a) A frightening, ugly half-breed who tries to rape May.
(b) An ugly half-breed who is banished from the tribe.
(c) A half-breed who explains that he has special tribal privileges.
(d) A half-breed who tries to befriend May.

4. Why is Quiet One kind to May after the kidnapping ordeal?
(a) Because they are now equal in the eyes of Chief Little Wolf.
(b) Because May saved her daughter, Pretty Walker, from being raped.
(c) Because May relies on her to feel safe.
(d) Because May is now Chief Little Wolf's favorite wife.

5. After the kidnapping ordeal, how are the women treated by the tribe?
(a) Cruelly and coldly because they have been humiliated.
(b) Generously and lovingly and welcomed back to their homes.
(c) As if nothing happened.
(d) As if they now have strong medicine because of their ordeal.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What happens to Jules Seminole because he brought the whiskey to the tribe?

4. What does May believe after her honeymoon with Chief Little Wolf?

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

(see the answer key)

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