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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 18 May and 19 May, 21 May and 22 May 1875.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one of the things done to prepare the women for the wedding?
(a) Their faces were painted so they were unrecognizable.
(b) They were dressed in outfits which represented their tipis.
(c) They were dressed in traditional, white, wedding dresses.
(d) They applied makeup so they were all beautiful.

2. How does May describe the cowboys she sees?
(a) As colorful and festive as the books she has seen.
(b) Vulgar and difficult to get along with.
(c) Stupid, and obviously only capable of spending time with cows.
(d) Dingy, dirty, and very smelly.

3. How does Lieutenant James' wife, Abigail, treat May when she stays with the family?
(a) She is cruel to May.
(b) She is solicitous to May.
(c) She is kind to May.
(d) She is aloof toward May.

4. What does Captain Bourke say to May the evening before leaving the women with the Cheyenne?
(a) He insists that she return to her family immediately.
(b) He insists that she return to the fort every month.
(c) He feels she should go to one of the other tribes.
(d) He forbids her to go with the Indians.

5. As the women prepare to leave with the Indians, who joins them?
(a) The Episcopalian Reverend Hare.
(b) Traders.
(c) Captain Bourke.
(d) The soldiers who will take them back to the fort.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the women treated when they first entered the Indian camp?

2. What does May say about her children in her letter to Harry?

3. When the Cheyenne come to inspect the white women, what does May realize that Captain Bourke understands?

4. 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?

5. As the women approach the Indian tribe, what do they learn about the Indians?

(see the answer key)

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