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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. How does May feel about the countryside they are traveling through to meet the Indians?
(a) She likes the beautiful flowers of the spring.
(b) She likes the beautiful colored leaves of the fall.
(c) She hates the desert and living so close to nature.
(d) She enjoys the new growth and beauty of the land near the river bottom.

2. How does May describe the military guard accompanying them on their journey?
(a) Helpful and considerate.
(b) Supportive and interested in being helpful.
(c) Aloof and disinterested.
(d) Snide and contemptuous.

3. What is Captain Bourke's comment about May Dodd's suggestion that the woman might be able to bring an appreciation for white civilization to the savages?
(a) It is impossible for Indians to understand the white man's culture.
(b) The women should go home.
(c) The woman have a good chance of civilizing the Indians.
(d) The mission of the women is doomed to failure.

4. How does May describe some farmers in the field?
(a) Very interested in the women.
(b) Gaunt and hopeless as they try to plow the fields.
(c) Lazy and shiftless with fields that suffer from neglect.
(d) Healthy and successful, plowing beautiful fields.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of person is Narcissa White?

2. How do the women first meet some of the members of the Cheyenne tribe?

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

4. Who are the Kelly sisters, Margaret and Susan?

5. How does May describe the train they use to get to Fort Laramie in comparison to their transportation from Chicago?

(see the answer key)

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