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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 10 November, 10 December and 18 December 1875.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when everyone finds out Gertie is a woman?
(a) She is exiled.
(b) She is forced to live with the Indians.
(c) She still works as a muleskinner.
(d) She marries one of the other muleskinners.

2. What happens when Bourke does not shock Chief Little Wolf in the "game?"
(a) He becomes the commander of the fort.
(b) He goes to live with the Indians.
(c) Nothing.
(d) He loses face with his men.

3. What is Reverend Hare doing in all the commotion?
(a) He has already left the camp.
(b) Cowering in a corner, afraid of what is happening.
(c) Ready to help the women restore order.
(d) Ready to help the women escape the camp.

4. What does May believe Narcissa is planning as they near the fort?
(a) To demand the Cheyenne be forced to convert to Christianity.
(b) To take the best horses to help her escape.
(c) To refuse to continue living with the Cheyenne.
(d) To demand that the soldiers punish the Cheyenne.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What information does the blacksmith's family that houses Phemie tell about the Cheyenne?

2. What does May try to convince Chief Little Wolf to do because she believes it is in the best interests of the Cheyenne?

3. What does Reverend Hare do to incur the wrath of members of the tribe?

4. What does May observe about the roles of men and women in the tribe?

5. What does the agent of the Red Cloud agency think May is?

(see the answer key)

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