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

2. What does Jimmy come to May's tent to ask?
(a) He wants her to ride with him for the rest of the trip.
(b) To go to Captain Bourke's tent.
(c) He fears for her safety.
(d) If she will help him with the horses.

3. What information does the blacksmith's family that houses Phemie tell about the Cheyenne?
(a) They are considered the most handsome and cleanest of the Indian tribes, and their women most virtuous.
(b) They are well organized, but not particularly clean.
(c) They are known for being excellent thieves when they visit the forts.
(d) They are very rigid and that women are not treated well.

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

5. What were May Dodd's feelings while she rode the train on her way to become one of the Brides for Indians?
(a) She is happy to be free of the asylum and misses her own two children.
(b) She reflects warmly about the feeling of safety she had at the asylum.
(c) She is considering how she can escape and find her way to the West to search for gold.
(d) She is excited about going to marry an Indian as part of the program Brides for Indians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Martha decide to join the Brides for Indians program?

2. Who is Lydia Bradley?

3. How does Captain Bourke behave during the trip to the Indians?

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

5. What is unusual about the hat that Lydia wears to wave goodbye to the party led by Captain Bourke?

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