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

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

3. Sitting in the tipi at the end of her arrival day in camp, what does May realize?
(a) She is looking forward to the adventure.
(b) Perhaps the insane asylum was not as bad as she thought.
(c) She has always been foolish and impetuous.
(d) This is a tremendous opportunity even though it is frightening.

4. What things were an important part of the wedding ceremony?
(a) Instructions on properly serving their new husbands.
(b) Food and instruction on how to prepare this special food.
(c) Music, singing, and dancing.
(d) Instructions on how to be good Indian wives.

5. What does May believe happened during the wedding ceremony?
(a) The men exchanged wives.
(b) The ceremony was a secret affair.
(c) She was drugged as part of the ceremony.
(d) Some of the women were forced to leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Lydia Bradley?

2. How does May describe some farmers in the field?

3. What was one of the things done to prepare the women for the wedding?

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

5. What does May observe about the tribe's children?

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