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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. Why is Helen pleased the last part of the trip as they approach Cheyenne territory?
(a) She can shoot birds for a sumptuous dinner.
(b) She can shoot the birds that she draws.
(c) She can shoot birds she uses to make special medicines.
(d) She can shoot birds and collect their feathers.
2. On the night she was taken to the asylum, what happened to Mary's babies?
(a) They were taken from her.
(b) They took her babies to her parent's home, where they pleaded with her to come and live with them.
(c) She and her babies were taken far away and left alone to fend for themselves.
(d) They were given to Harry Ames to take away.
3. What kind of Indians were the fort Indians, according to Abigail James?
(a) "Industrious and interested in learning white man's ways."
(b) "Drunken, degenerate savages."
(c) "They are business owners who were successful at the forts."
(d) "They exploited their culture by selling trinkets to white people."
4. How does May feel about the countryside they are traveling through to meet the Indians?
(a) She enjoys the new growth and beauty of the land near the river bottom.
(b) She likes the beautiful colored leaves of the fall.
(c) She hates the desert and living so close to nature.
(d) She likes the beautiful flowers of the spring.
5. How do the women first meet some of the members of the Cheyenne tribe?
(a) The Indians ride through the women's camp in a parade.
(b) They are engaged in a battle with the Sioux.
(c) They come to inspect the women.
(d) They come to bring gifts to the women.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is Jimmy?
2. How does May describe herself during a conversation at the dinner table about religion?
3. What does May learn about Jimmy during the last days of the trip?
4. What does Captain Bourke say to May the evening before leaving the women with the Cheyenne?
5. How do the women feel about staying with Phemie?
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