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

2. How were the women treated when they first entered the Indian camp?
(a) They were generally ignored by everyone.
(b) They were greeted by the entire tribe and their families.
(c) They were punished for not being native Indians.
(d) They were brought before the Chief and made to bow before him.

3. What does May say about her children in her letter to Harry?
(a) She realizes it was for the best.
(b) She misses her children.
(c) She is glad that she is no longer responsible for the children.
(d) She no longer misses her children.

4. 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.

5. During the dinner conversation, Lydia Bradley tries to turn the conversation to what subject?
(a) The need for more gardens at the fort.
(b) Her new dress and the latest New York fashion.
(c) Her new hat and the latest New York fashion.
(d) The ladies' sewing circle.