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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 20 April, 21 April 22 April and 23 April 1875.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Martha decide to join the Brides for Indians program?
(a) She is afraid to be punished for helping May.
(b) To go to the West.
(c) To marry an Indian.
(d) To make money.

2. Who is Daisy Lovelace?
(a) A lovely, elegant woman who volunteers to escape poverty.
(b) A woman who sells clothing and wants to study Indian fashion.
(c) A woman trying to escape from a brutal husband.
(d) A woman who gives the appearance of ruined gentry.

3. Why is Helen pleased the last part of the trip as they approach Cheyenne territory?
(a) She can shoot birds and collect their feathers.
(b) She can shoot birds she uses to make special medicines.
(c) She can shoot birds for a sumptuous dinner.
(d) She can shoot the birds that she draws.

4. Why is Helen Flight interested in birds?
(a) She designs hats and uses their feathers.
(b) She is a naturalist.
(c) She studies bird anatomy and physiology.
(d) She collects recipes for cooking birds.

5. How does May describe the train they use to get to Fort Laramie in comparison to their transportation from Chicago?
(a) Luxurious.
(b) Somewhat more comfortable.
(c) Filthy.
(d) Even more spartan and uncomfortable.

Short Answer Questions

1. One night at dinner, as the party nears Indian territory, what does Daisy tell them about her father?

2. How does May describe herself during a conversation at the dinner table about religion?

3. How is Gretchen Fathauer described?

4. What does May tell Harry in a letter?

5. During the dinner conversation, Lydia Bradley tries to turn the conversation to what subject?

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