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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 say about her children in her letter to Harry?
(a) She misses her children.
(b) She is glad that she is no longer responsible for the children.
(c) She realizes it was for the best.
(d) She no longer misses her children.

2. What two things does May stop doing because of the cruel way she is treated while staying with the family of Lieutenant James?
(a) She stops writing in her journal and stops paying any attention to the soldier's requests.
(b) She refuses to eat and stops taking walks.
(c) She refuses to eat and stops writing in her journal.
(d) She stops writing in her journal and stops taking walks.

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

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

5. What does Helen Flight tell Lydia Bradley about the feathers in her new hat?
(a) It is silly to put feathers on hats.
(b) The feathers are from a bird that is almost extinct.
(c) The Seminole Indians kill the birds in order to get the feathers.
(d) Those particular feathers are cheap and easy to come by.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does May describe the military guard accompanying them on their journey?

2. What things were an important part of the wedding ceremony?

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

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

5. Who is Lydia Bradley?

(see the answer key)

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