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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 7 May and 8 May, 1875.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unusual about the hat that Lydia wears to wave goodbye to the party led by Captain Bourke?
(a) It has special pom poms.
(b) It has even more feathers than the first hat she wore.
(c) It resembles an Indian headress as seen by New York designers.
(d) It has no feathers.

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

3. Why was Mary initially willing to participate in the Brides for Indians program?
(a) To go to the West.
(b) To escape the asylum.
(c) To get away from her parents.
(d) To make money.

4. How does May describe Captain Bourke?
(a) Tied up by the running of the fort.
(b) Strictly a soldier with no interest in any other subject.
(c) A handsome man with the romantic look of a poet.
(d) Not at all interested in the group of women.

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 considering how she can escape and find her way to the West to search for gold.
(b) She is happy to be free of the asylum and misses her own two children.
(c) She reflects warmly about the feeling of safety she had at the asylum.
(d) She is excited about going to marry an Indian as part of the program Brides for Indians.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do May and Captain Bourke do in his tent, according to the entry of April 22nd?

3. As the women prepare to leave with the Indians, who joins them?

4. Who is Lydia Bradley?

5. How were the women treated when they first entered the Indian camp?

(see the answer key)

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