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

2. When the Cheyenne come to inspect the white women, what does May realize that Captain Bourke understands?
(a) He knows she will be safe and cared for.
(b) The Chief has selected May for his own.
(c) He is in love with her and wants her to stay with him.
(d) He is relieved that he is about to deliver the women.

3. How does May describe herself during a conversation at the dinner table about religion?
(a) A Protestant.
(b) An Anglican.
(c) A bit of an agnostic.
(d) A Catholic.

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

5. 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 refuses to eat and stops writing in her journal.
(b) She stops writing in her journal and stops paying any attention to the soldier's requests.
(c) She stops writing in her journal and stops taking walks.
(d) She refuses to eat and stops taking walks.

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. What is the one diversion the women are able to enjoy at Fort Laramie?

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

4. Two days after May meets Captain Bourke, where does he invite her to do?

5. What is Captain Bourke disturbed to learn about what the women don't know?

(see the answer key)

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