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

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

3. As the women approach the Indian tribe, what do they learn about the Indians?
(a) The Cheyenne Indian tribe will be coming to meet them.
(b) Their families have been told the truth about their mission.
(c) The Indians are having second thoughts about the program.
(d) There is unrest between the Indian tribes and between the Indians and white people.

4. What does May learn about Jimmy during the last days of the trip?
(a) Jimmy is spying on Captain Bourke.
(b) Jimmy is really a military spy.
(c) Jimmy is really a girl named Dirty Gertie.
(d) Jimmy plans on trading some guns with the Indians.

5. The women are depressed, but Phemie brings some cheer by doing what?
(a) She leads the women in a prayer.
(b) She asks the soldiers to buy them something to eat.
(c) She prepares a good home cooked meal.
(d) She sings the Negro spiritual, "This Train."

Short Answer Questions

1. Sitting in the tipi at the end of her arrival day in camp, what does May realize?

2. What does Captain Bourke say to May the evening before leaving the women with the Cheyenne?

3. What are some of the smells involved with living with the Indians that make an impression on May?

4. What kind of Indians were the fort Indians, according to Abigail James?

5. What does May observe about Indian social structure?

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